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Democrats may be at the helm of the House and Senate budget committees, but reversing Bush administration policies that have helped drive the federal budget deep into the red won't happen overnight, says U.S. Rep. Brian Baird of Vancouver, who sits on the House Budget Committee.
President Bush is scheduled to present his 2008 budget to Congress on Monday. On Jan. 26, Democratic congressional leaders sent Bush a letter appealing for the administration's help in balancing the budget and planning more realistically for the cost of the war in Iraq.See the full content of this document
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Baird Sees No Quick Fix for Budget Woes
"In our view, we now have an important opportunity to revisit current budget priorities that have dramatically increased the debt," they wrote.
Voters have identified out-of-control federal spending as one of the chief reasons why they cast t...See the full content of this document
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