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Budget panel's Web site targets waste
Washington Times ^ | Thursday, June 19, 2003 | By James G. Lakely

Posted on 06/19/2003 12:18:51 AM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:04:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The chairman of the House Budget Committee has established a Web site where the public can report incidents of waste, fraud and abuse in federal programs.

It's a tool, he said, to pressure Congress to keep spending down.

Rep. Jim Nussle, Iowa Republican and chairman of the House Budget Committee, has instructed every committee that controls mandatory spending to find at least 1 percent of waste in their budgets by Sept. 2.


(Excerpt) Read more at dynamic.washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: abuse; fraud; jamesglakely; jimnussle; waste
Thursday, June 19, 2003

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