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BG1284ES: Crafting a Responsible Budget: The AgricultureAppropriation

How to Protect the Surplus from Wasteful Spending

Members of Congress, their staffs, and approximately 9 millionother federal workers, retirees, and their families in the42-year-old Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) areable, unlike most americans, to choose a plan that best meets theirneeds from almost 200 private options nationwide, includingfee-for-service, preferred provider organization, and managed careplans, and those sponsored by unions and employee organizations.

The subcommittee appears to be keeping the U.S. Department ofAgriculture (USDA) on track to maintain its budget targets and toassure that surplus money remains for Social Security reform andtax cuts.

The Real Reagan Economic Record: Responsible and Successful Fiscal Policy

BG1292ES: Crafting a Responsible Budget: The Energy and Water Appropriation

The House of Representatives recently passed an appropriations billto provide $14.3 billion in discretionary funding to the Departmentof the Interior and Related Agencies.

President Bill Clinton has requested $6 billion in emergencysupplemental spending authority to fund U.S. military andhumanitarian programs in the Kosovo region.

This dynamic analysis shows that President Bush's tax plan willboost economic activity, create over 1.6 million new jobs, andstrengthen the incomes of taxpayers.