FC: "What should Congress tackle after the recess?" from The Hill

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[At the same URL, you'll see Newsweek's Eleanor Clift arguing for precisely 
the opposite position -- that Congress should boost spending to buy off 
voters in November... --Declan


http://www.hillnews.com/081402/punditspeak.shtm

"What should Congress tackle first after the recess?"

Declan McCullagh
chief political correspondent
CNET News.com

"It's even more important than usual for Congress to tread carefully during 
the appropriations process this year. Profligate spending is on the rise, 
and the usual obstacles to fiscal extravagance have vanished. As The 
Washington Post reported in a front-page article on Aug. 9, a deep 
commitment to improvident spending has become a thoroughly, and alarmingly, 
bipartisan phenomenon. Also this fall, Congress should ensure that any 
Department of Homeland Security includes a chief privacy officer who has 
real oversight and enforcement authority. I'd hope that debate over the 
proposed department will include how it jibes with America's tradition of 
limited government."




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