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Article: Shortly after Congress approved $62 billion in hurricane-relief spending, House majority leader Tom DeLay told reporters that Congress would have to borrow to pay for it.(The Week)(Brief article)
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- October 10, 2005
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Shortly after Congress approved $62 billion in hurricane-relief spending, House majority leader Tom DeLay told reporters that Congress would have to borrow to pay for it. Apparently, there just isn't room for spending cuts in our fat-free federal budget. "My answer to those that want to offset the spending is, Sure, bring me the offsets--I'll be glad to do it." The citizens of Bozeman, Mont., stepped up first, petitioning their city council to give back $4 million that the recently passed highway bill appropriates for a parking garage in their ...
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