Posted on 06/30/2003 10:04:10 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:04:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
House Democrats are criticizing President Bush's tax cuts through a series of demonstrative amendments that would cut the benefits to millionaires by 40 percent and designate the funds for more government spending.
Rep. David R. Obey, Wisconsin Democrat and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, has offered four amendments to the three spending bills that have come before the committee. Each amendment has failed on a party-line vote, though Obey spokesman David Sirota said more like them are planned.
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