Some Members Lash Out Against Cuts to Their Own Budgets

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http://www.rollcall.com/news/Some-Members-Lash-Out-Against-Cuts-to-Their-Own-Budgets-207385-1.html

The Legislative Branch Appropriations bill was easily reported out of the full committee this week, but even Members who voted for the measure said they expect objections over budget cuts to be heard when it reaches the floor.

Rep. Steven LaTourette,(Ohio Republican) a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch who voted in favor of the bill at Wednesday's markup, said he will express his displeasure with the 6.4 percent cut to each Member's Representational Allowance and other Members might too on the floor.

The plan will slice $88,000 to $122,000 from Members' budgets. It is drawing the usual jeers from Democrats, but after a 5 percent cut last term, even a few Republicans are starting to become weary of the shrinking pocketbooks.

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The biggest loser would be Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D), whose budget would be diminished by $123,569.

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1. keep cutting. n/t