Pelosi to Speaker Hastert: Democrats Will Fight Immoral Republican Budget

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Budget Fight Continues
Posted by jesselee
Thursday, December 22, 2005 at 1:34 PM

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi writes to Speaker Hastert:

The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert
Speaker

United States House of Representatives

H-232, The Capitol

Washington, D.C. 20515


Dear Speaker Hastert:


I am replying to the letter you sent last night requesting unanimous consent to approve the Budget Reconciliation Conference Report, H.R. 4241.


Mr. Speaker, I cannot grant unanimous consent to bring up such contentious legislation. Contrary to its misleading title claiming to reduce the deficit, this bill will actually add billions of dollars to the deficit when combined with the Tax Reconciliation Conference Report, which you will call on the House to pass next year.


Every single House Democrat opposed this immoral bill because of the harmful cuts in student loans, health care, child support enforcement, and other assistance for seniors and low- and middle-income families.

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