House Democrats favor new budget vote
By Jeffrey Young
House Democratic leadership is adamant that another vote be held to clear the budget-reconciliation bill that is in limbo because of clerical errors.
Although President Bush signed the bill on Wednesday, a discrepancy between the House-passed and Senate-passed version appears to indicate that the $39 billion deficit-reduction measure has not been enacted into law.
"Something this serious ought to be debated and voted on in the House," said a Democratic leadership aide.
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No Democrats in either chamber voted for the budget reconciliation conference agreement. The chief points of contention were spending reductions in healthcare, education and other programs.
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