JOHN LINDER: “this morning's Washington Post had an article quoting the Senate minority leader as saying that we are 5 days from a…”

“this morning's Washington Post had an article quoting the Senate minority leader as saying that we are 5 days from a third Government shutdown and the situation is every bit as precarious as it was several months ago. What it did not go on to say was why we are close to a Government shutdown: Because the President wants to spend more money on his favorite projects. He wanted $8 billion. The House passed a bill providing $3.3 billion, but that did not include the $7 million more to foreign countries to teach students to measure rainfall; $10 million more for the controversial art projects funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. There may be another Government shutdown, Mr. Speaker, but it will be entirely on the President's shoulders because he cannot get rid of his appetite for more spending projects.”