Katrina Is No Excuse to Scrap Spending Discipline in 'Reconciliation' Bills, Nine Citizen Groups Tell Congress

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The fiscal pressure from Hurricane Katrina is reason for Congress to reaffirm, not reject, the budget blueprint now on the table for "reconciliation" with appropriation bills, nine citizen organizations told lawmakers today. An open letter from the groups, mobilized by the 350,000- member National Taxpayers Union (NTU), urged Senators and Representatives not to "unduly delay or waver when it comes to moving forward with ...

the spending cuts and growth-enhancing tax cuts" contained in the Budget Resolution enacted earlier this ...

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