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U.S. Representative John Spratt

Congressional Budgets

The following documents relate to congressional action on the federal budget and are listed in reverse chronological order. Many of these documents are in the form of letters from Ranking Member Spratt to the other Democratic Members of the House of Representatives. These letters are often called "Dear Colleague" letters.

FY 2007

Title
Date
House Republican Budget Resolution: Harsh Spending Cuts and Large Deficits
4/3/06

FY 2006

Title
Date
For documents related to 2006 Reconciliation, click here
The Budget Resolution Conference Report Cuts Funding for Veterans’ Health Care by $13.5 Billion Over 5 Years
5/3/05
Summary and Analysis of FY 2006 Budget Resolution Conference Report
4/28/05
Vote No on FY 2006 Budget Resolution Conference Report
4/28/05
House vs. Senate FY 2006 Budget Resolutions:
A Comparison and Analysis
4/4/05
Fact Sheets for the House Consideration of the 2006 Budget
3/16/05

Summary and Analysis of the FY06 Chairman's Mark
House Budget Committee 2006 Budget Resolution: Painful Spending Cuts, Ballooning Tax Cuts, and Never-Ending Deficits

3/14/05

FY 2005

Title
Date
Independence Day Recess Package
6-25-04
Budget Process Bill on Floor: Vote NO on Spending Control Act
Vote NO on Amendments With Entitlement Caps Vote YES on Spratt Substitute
6-24-04
Over 200 Groups Oppose Republican Budget Process Bills
6-23-04
DoD Appropriations Rule Enables Increase In Debt Ceiling: Vote No on Rule
6-22-04
The FY 2005 Defense Appropriations Bill Provides Insufficient Funds for Full Year’s Cost of Iraq/Afghanistan Operations
6-22-04
Entitlement Caps Risk Critical Mandatory Spending Programs
6-21-04
Flawed Budget Process Legislation Expected on Floor
6-17-04
Homeland Security and Interior Appropriations Bills
Shortchange Critical Priorities
6-16-04
Memorial Day Members' Recess Packet on Budget Issues
5-20-04
Vote NO on Republican Budget Resolution Conference Report
5-19-04
A Vote for the Budget Resolution is a Vote to Raise the Debt Limit
4-21-04
Republican Study Committee Budget Sacrifices National Priorities to Cut Taxes
3-31-04
Major Groups Oppose Republican Budget
3-24-04
Democratic Budget Beats Republican Budget On All Counts
3-23-04
Markup of the 2005 House Budget Resolution -- Final Results
3-18-04
Summary and Analysis of the Chairman's Mark for the 2005 Budget Resolution: Deficits and Deferred Answers
3-15-04

FY 2004

Title
Date
Republican Unwillingness to Extend Unemployment Benefits
Ignores the Reality of the Jobs Deficit
1-28-04

Republican Broken Promises:
Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report

12-5-03

Still No Republican Budget
10-30-03

Where's Their Budget? Republicans Fail to Pass FY 2004 Appropriations Bills

10-21-03

No Happy New Fiscal Year

10-3-03

Budget Watchdog 2-3; $2.2 Billion Budget Gimmick in Continuing Resolution

9-25-03

Budget Watchdog 2-2: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill: A List of Broken Promises

7-10-03

Budget Watchdog 2-1: Defense Appropriations Bill Does Not Fund the Full Costs of Defense in 2004 - Omits Money for Iraq and Afghanistan

7-8-03

Data Still Show Far Weaker Economy Than Assumed in Republicans’ Budget

6-23-03

Republican Debt Threatens Social Security and Medicare

6-19-03

Republican Child Tax Credit Penalizes U.S. Service Members in Iraq and Afghanistan

6-16-03

Net Interest Is REAL “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse” — And It Will Soar Under Republican Policies

6-5-03

Federal Debt Has Increased Because of Failed Republican Policies

5-21-03

Despite Their Denials, Republicans Support
Veterans Benefit Cuts

5-21-03

What Does the Republican Budget Resolution
Do To Veterans’ Benefits?

5-16-03

Support the Democratic Jobs and Economic
Growth Plan and Oppose Republican Tax Cuts

5-8-03

The Democratic Jobs and Economic Growth Plan

5-7-03

Republicans Dig the Deficit Deeper: Summary and Analysis of the Conference Agreement on the 2004 Budget Resolution

5-6-03

House Budget Does Cut Medicaid by $93 Billion

4-7-03

A Vote for the Budget Resolution Conference Report is a Vote to Raise the Debt Ceiling
4-7-03
The Dire Consequences of the House Republican Budget (Washington Post opinion column)
4-7-03
Bad versus Worse: Comparison of
House and Senate 2004 Budget Plans
4-2-03

Fact Sheets for House Consideration of the 2004 Budget Resolution (includes discussion of both House Democratic and Republican budgets)

3-20-03

Summary and Analysis of the
2004 House Republican Budget Resolution

3-17-03

House Republican Budget: Even Worse Than the President's

3-14-03

FY 2003

Title
Date

Republican Budget Slashes Domestic Priorities and Spends Social Security Surplus

10-25-02

Cooked Books Cloak the Facts: Republican Budget Undermines Social Security: Detailed Summary and Analysis of the House Republican Budget Resolution
3-28-02
Background Materials on the 2003 House Republican Budget Resolution
3-28-02


Archives

Congressional budget resolutions for FY 1998 through FY 2002.