Thomas Daschle: “I wanted to come to the Chamber for a few minutes to call to the attention of my colleagues an article that appeared in…”

“I wanted to come to the Chamber for a few minutes to call to the attention of my colleagues an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal this morning. The article is headlined ``House GOP Ponders Scale-Backed Version Of Stimulus Package.'' I ask unanimous consent that the article be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the article was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: House GOP Ponders Scaled-Back Version of Stimulus Package (By Shailagh Murray) Washington.--House GOP leaders may take a new, scaled-back economic stimulus package to the House floor if talks fail to produce a House-Senate compromise. Republican leaders said they would offer the bill as a last-ditch effort to revive the stimulus package, which is on life support due to protracted partisan squabbling. Officials hope to act on the matter before Congress adjourns for the holidays. House Majority Leader Richard Armey (R., Texas), one of two GOP House leaders appointed to negotiate a final package, said the version would include many of the most politically popular provisions on the table, some scaled back from levels that have been unacceptable to Senate Democrats.”