any time a Member of Congress has the audacity to suggest spending cuts in this body, the special interests pounce upon that Member of Congress with a vengeance. The latest target of special interest lobbying is cutting spending A to Z. This plan really has the big special interests upset, and there are certainly a lot of these special interests to get upset. Let me give a listing that was recently sent to our offices, A to Z, of some of the special interests that are saying that they are opposed to cutting spending this time around: AFSCME, the AIDS Action Council, the Air Force Association, the Air Force Sergeants Association, the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, the Amalgamated Transit Union, the American Arts Alliance, the American Association of Classified School Employees, the American Association of Community Colleges, the American Association of Dental Schools, the American Council on Education, the American Counseling Association, the American Educational Research Association, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the American Federation of Government Employees, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Jewish Committee, the American Jewish Congress, the American Network of Community Options and Resources, the American Planning Association, the American Postal Workers Union, the American Public Health Association, the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, the American Symphony Orchestra League, Americans for Democratic Act…
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Discussing the opposition from special interest groups to proposed spending cuts.
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