Could Hensarling get away with this in Texas?

[babylonsister]

Texan pushes GOP to live up to fiscal promises
Congressman forces budget cuts on reluctant party

By SAMANTHA LEVINE
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau



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After lawmakers approved $62 billion in emergency spending for Hurricane Katrina aid, Hensarling and a group of House conservatives drew ire from their own party for insisting that Congress find cuts to pay for the massive relief effort.

But the conservatives' persistence brought the issue to the forefront, and pressure began to build on House leaders to act.

The feud is coming to a head as the Republican-led Congress struggles to overcome divisions over where to wield the knife. The political stakes are high for the GOP as it prepares to invigorate its legislative agenda.

Hensarling helped craft a budget trimming that draws a good deal of its reductions from cuts to social programs, including food stamps and Medicaid, and as such, has garnered criticism from advocacy groups and some policy analysts.

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[PDittie]

1. That's awfully puffy of Samantha Levine

:puffpiece:

Or would that be fluffy?

It's too early in the 2006 election season to be givin' up da booty, Samantha. I'm sure if you had held out at least until the spring, Jeb would have bought you dinner or let you ride on his plane.

Hensarling is a tool. Vote for Charlie Thompson in CD-05.