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Article: House Approves Democratic Budget Plan
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- March 29, 2007
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WASHINGTON - The House Thursday narrowly passed a $2.9 trillion Democratic budget blueprint predicting a big surplus in five years but relying on the expiration of tax cuts to do so.
The 216-210 vote sets up negotiations with the Senate, which last week passed a budget blueprint with similarly large spending increases for education, defense, homeland security and veterans programs.
The measure comes in response to Democratic complaints that Bush has shortchanged domestic programs funded each year by appropriations bills - including education, health research and grants to local governments - while awarding deficit-boosting tax cuts tilted toward the affluent.
Democrats said the $2.9 ...