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Article: REP. COURTNEY, DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS PASS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, DEFICIT LOWERING BUDGET CONFERENCE REPORT WITHOUT RAISING TAXES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- June 5, 2008
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Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn. (2nd CD), has issued the following news release:
Congressman Joe Courtney and the Democratic-led Congress have passed a fiscally responsible budget conference report today that beats back President George Bush's proposed cuts to important programs, and creates a budget surplus by 2012.
"I am proud to support this budget conference report because it continues to restore fiscal discipline to Washington that has been absent for nearly a decade without raising taxes," stated Courtney. "President Bush and Congressional Republicans squandered away the budget surplus in 2000 and sent our nation's finances spiraling into the red. This sensible financial plan will balance ...