House GOP sets $50b target for cuts to budget
Presses to reduce aid programs; seeks 2 trim across the board
WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders are pushing a plan to slice $50 billion from federal programs and enact a 2 percent across-the-board cut to all government accounts under congressional control, as they seek to quell conservative worries over runaway spending in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (Full article: 913 words)
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