Republicans Threaten Democrats with Reprisals

News and Opinion for Democrats Against Bush - Part I b

Republicans Threaten Democrats with Reprisals

" House Republican leaders are coolly threatening to deny Democrats hundreds of millions of dollars in local projects in retaliation for their block-vote protest against the flawed majority bill on spending for health and education. ...

The partisan reprisal would trash the standing 60-40 formula for sharing projects and, even more, punish taxpayers in Democratic districts for the votes of their representatives. "

New York Times

October 11, 2003

The High Cost of Voting No

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Students of the partisan divide in Congress find it heating up to the level of kickboxing this year. In the annual spending bills now passing below the public's radar, House Republican leaders are coolly threatening to deny Democrats hundreds of millions of dollars in local projects in retaliation for their block-vote protest against the flawed majority bill on spending for health and education. ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/11/opinion/11SAT3.html?ex=1066940412&ei=1&en=9483fccc8f4755a4

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