Senator GRAMM. rightly I believe. raised many of the same issues that concern me. His point of order. however. did a surgeons job with a hatchet. His point of order would have brought down spending that was truly emergency. and therefore was not offsetspending for humanitarian aid for the Kosovar refugees. for infusions of cash into the struggling farm credit system. for helping areas hit by natural disaster. The point or order would also have brought down domestic spending that was not an emergency. but that the Appropriations Committee went to great pains to offset. There are over $2 billion in offsets in this bill. and the great majority come from cuts in nondefense programs.
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