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Friends Committee on National Legislation
Federal budget.
Kucinich (OH)
substitute amendment to FY02
Budget Resolution that would cut
proposed FY02 military spending
by $66 billion and call for using
available, on-budget surplus over
ten years for reducing the public
debt, cutting taxes, and increasing
non-defense discretionary spending.
Rejected.Peace Action
Budget Resolution/Kucinich Substitute.
Kucinich, D-OH, substitute
amendment on behalf of the
Congressional Progressive
Caucus that calls for using
one-third of the available onbudget
surplus over 10 years
for reducing the public debt,
one-third for cutting taxes, and
one-third for increasing nondefense
discretionary spending,
especially in the areas of
education and health care.
The amendment would cut
proposed fiscal 2002 defense
spending by $66 billion. Rejected.