GOP Measure Protects Lawmakers' Office Budgets After 2 Years Of Cuts
Source: Associated Press
Members of the House of Representatives voted Friday to protect their own office expense accounts from budget cuts.
The bipartisan 307-102 vote came on a $3.3 billion measure funding congressional operations.
Republicans controlling the House have been trying to cut domestic agency budgets by about 5 percent. But when it came to their own staff, travel and office expenses, GOP leaders opted to freeze their $574 million budget after two years of cuts.
The funding bill includes a 1 percent cut that comes chiefly from cutting back on repairs to the iconic Capitol dome, which dates to the Civil War.
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geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)When do people realize how much they have been had?
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Those same gop legislators wish to cut the Executive's budget analysis staff's budget ...
KansDem
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Solly Mack
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