As Budget Resolution is Crafted, Senators Say Bank and Housing Emergency Spending Should Be Used to Pay Back Taxpayers Through Deficit Reduction
Bipartisan 'Pay It Back' Plan Would Ensure Returned Bank, Housing Emergency Spending Is Used to Pay Down Debt, Not Fund Further Spending
Feb 24, 2010
Washington, DC - With the U.S. Senate expected to take up the Budget for the upcoming fiscal year in the next few weeks, Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Bob Corker (R-TN) and Jon Tester (D-MT) are telling Senate budget leaders to ensure funds repaid by beneficiaries of taxpayer-funded emergency spending are used to pay down the deb...