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Judd Gregg: Can you believe that? They included a 1-month extension of the mandatory MILC program in the 2007 emergency…

On the recordMarch 5, 2008
Can you believe that? They included a 1-month extension of the mandatory MILC program in the 2007 emergency supplemental. Then the chairmen of the Senate and House Budget Committees told CBO to put the spending into the baseline--which covers 10 years of the program--to the tune of $2.4 billion. The topper: They included an enforcement mechanism in their budget resolution that prohibited this practice, but they exempted the 2007 supplemental.
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Judd Gregg

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Discussing budgetary practices related to the MILC program during a floor speech.

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