"...Sen. Coburn (R-Okla.) has proposed an amendment that apparently would save taxpayers $120 billion “by consolidating more than 640 duplicative government programs, cutting wasteful Washington spending, and returning billions of dollars of unspent money,” reads the amendment.
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For example, the Department of Agriculture received $26.8 billion in discretionary funding for FY2010, which was a 6 percent increase over last year’s “non-emergency discretionary level.” Sen. Coburn’s amendment would eliminate $1.3 billion (five percent) from the Department and “direct the Secretary to eliminate and consolidate the over 130 duplicative programs at the Department and eliminate waste to produce savings.” ..."
Oklahoma is so lucky to have TWO great senators.
I’m in MN and don’t even have one sane senator.