Leadership Update II: DeGette's Out and Barton's Balanced Budget Promise
November 14, 2006
| 5:54 PM
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) dropped out of the Majority Whip race this evening leaving Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) as the only candidate running for that position. DeGette spokesperon Brandon MacGillis released this statement:
"With everything going on in the Caucus right now, Congresswoman DeGette did not want to add a divisive race for Majority Whip. So, for the good of the Caucus she has decided not to run."
For the GOP Leader race, Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Joe Barton (R-TX) sent out an e-mail to his colleagues this afternoon promising to balance the budget by FY 2009:
"A recommitment to our roots as the party of fiscal discipline is one of my strongest goals for our Conference. There is an opportunity for us to begin to do this immediately. In the Continuing Resolution we take up in December, we should include a provision requiring a balanced budget by fiscal year 2009. If the Congress fails to balance the budget by 2009, then in Fiscal 2010 all Federal spending other than Social Security, Medicare and interest on the National Debt shall be subject to review in order to balance the budget."
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