Posted on 06/23/2004 2:53:45 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- A proposal by House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle, R-Iowa, to rein in federal spending has drawn strong backing from the White House.
In a statement of administration policy issued Wednesday, the White House said it "strongly supports," Nussle's effort, the Spending Control Act of 2004, which is due for consideration on the House floor later in the week.
The bill sets caps on discretionary spending and would establish a pay-as-you-go requirement to restrain the growth in mandatory spending but would not interfere with the ongoing efforts to make the president's tax cuts permanent.
"(The measure) properly focuses its budget enforcement mechanisms on controlling spending and not on increasing taxes on America's workers and families," the statement said. "By restraining the growth in federal spending and pursuing pro-growth economic policies, we can achieve the president's goal of cutting the deficit in half within five years."
The White House said Nussle's proposal is "consistent with the administration's proposal ... to create a comprehensive set of binding controls on spending" made in early April.
Nice!
Smart, very smart! Now if they just don't tell WHAT they're going to cut, it should get Bush a lot of votes in November.
I'm curious to see how this plays out.
Too late. The toothpaste is already out of the tube.
I'm already hearing certain governors complain that "Boooosh is cutting essential services for the poo-er
They're going to have to make the cuts before November, and then make the tax cuts permanent in the same time frame. Nobody's going to change his mind and vote for him based on mere empty promises.
More nibbling around the edges. Why can't some entire depts be elminiated? Do we need the Education Dept, HUD, Commerce, NEA? U.S. Fish and Wildlife? I mean come on...
That stand seems a few trillion dollars too late, don't you think?
Four years, a few trillion dollars, and three or four major spending programs too late.
Being compassionate is expensive, as he is finding out.
Uh...what ever happened to the balanced budget amendment? Where the $#@! is that now?
On the ash heap, no doubt soon to be accompanied by this bill. The Senate will never go for it.
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