WEEKLY REPORT FROM WASHINGTON BY REP. FRELINGHUYSEN, AUG. 1: HOUSE LEADERSHIP FAILS APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS
August 01, 2008
August 01, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, R-N.J. (11th CD), issued the following newsletter:
Not since 1950 have so few Appropriations bills been passed by the US House of Representatives before the August "recess".
Sadly, Speaker Pelosi and the House leadership have only passed one bill, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, so far this year. Evidently, the plan is to kick all the Appropriations bills into 2009 for the n . . .
Not since 1950 have so few Appropriations bills been passed by the US House of Representatives before the August "recess".
Sadly, Speaker Pelosi and the House leadership have only passed one bill, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, so far this year. Evidently, the plan is to kick all the Appropriations bills into 2009 for the n . . .