[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HOUSE REPUBLICANS DIVIDED ON THE BUDGET

  (Mr. WARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, the secret is out. This may not be England, 
but there is dissension in the family, and the Queen is not happy. The 
House Republicans are divided, and the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey] 
cannot as easily as usual whip them into shape. Yesterday the vote on 
the final passage of the 1997 fiscal year budget was yanked, taken off 
the floor, because the Republican freshmen and the more conservative 
members of the majority party were not in line.
  It seems that the budget deficit will increase over the next 2 years 
under Speaker Gingrich's plan, not decrease. As my colleague, the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Barton], so appropriately said, we are 
backing away from what they started out to do in this Congress, 
something that may not be too smart in an election year: To try and cut 
the deficit. However, the crown jewel of the tax cut for the wealthy 
may be threatened.
  So let us see where the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Armey's, priorities 
are and those of his royal family.

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