Few in Congress want spending to be reduced
Heartland Institute
by Pete Sepp
09/06
Fewer than 1 in 10 members of Congress sponsored legislation last year that would have reduced federal spending, according to a new BillTally report issued by the nonpartisan National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF). 'The federal deficit picture may be rapidly improving due to higher revenues, but Congress's collective habit of writing and proposing costly legislation has only begun to show signs of receding,' said NTUF Senior Policy Analyst and BillTally Director Demian Brady...
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=19649
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Pete Sepp
09/06
Fewer than 1 in 10 members of Congress sponsored legislation last year that would have reduced federal spending, according to a new BillTally report issued by the nonpartisan National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF). 'The federal deficit picture may be rapidly improving due to higher revenues, but Congress's collective habit of writing and proposing costly legislation has only begun to show signs of receding,' said NTUF Senior Policy Analyst and BillTally Director Demian Brady...
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=19649
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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