IT'S TIME TO SEEK REAL SPENDING CUTS From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: November 16, 1993 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-16-1993
IT'S TIME TO SEEK REAL SPENDING CUTS
Date: 11-16-1993, Tuesday
Section: OPINION
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Column: LETTERS

Editor, The Record:

Rep. Tim Penny, D-Minn., and Rep. John Kasich, R-Ohio, recently
announced over six dozen specific proposals for additional federal
budget cuts. If passed, this package will result in about $100 billion
of new spending cuts.

The proposal was developed in response to pledges by the president
and Congressional Democratic leadership that if Congress voted to pass
...

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