The bill is significant in that it continues the Republican Congress move to balance the Federal budget by the year 2002. It would have been easier had the President and his party not been more interested in obstruction over cooperation. Still. this Congress has cut around 300 unneeded Federal programs and saved $53 billion in discretionary spending. We provide for a higher level of defense funding than the President requested. We also approved strong anticrime and antidrug packages. aggressive antiterrorism programs and stringent antiillegal immigration measures. The bill increases funding to our States and communities hard hit by natural disasters. My State of Idaho is one where residents and businesses had to cope with rains. floods. and wildfires this year.
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