Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Rogers Vows To Cut Spending
KENTUCKY...
On his first day as the chairman-designate of the House Appropriations Committee, Representative Hal Rogers said Wednesday that he was determined to overhaul the congressional budget process while cutting spending. Rogers, known for his great use of earmarks in the past, said he will enforce the two-year GOP moratorium on the practice, and, if congressional Democrats, most of whom have opposed the earmark moratorium, put special requests for funding local projects in the budget bills, they will be stripped out. Rogers said the mandate from the November election was to slash federal spending and to increase oversight of the Obama administration and its programs.
On his first day as the chairman-designate of the House Appropriations Committee, Representative Hal Rogers said Wednesday that he was determined to overhaul the congressional budget process while cutting spending. Rogers, known for his great use of earmarks in the past, said he will enforce the two-year GOP moratorium on the practice, and, if congressional Democrats, most of whom have opposed the earmark moratorium, put special requests for funding local projects in the budget bills, they will be stripped out. Rogers said the mandate from the November election was to slash federal spending and to increase oversight of the Obama administration and its programs.
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