Federal Spending Still On Many Minds

South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem held a series of town hall meetings last week.  Cutting federal spending dominated the discussion.  Noem said she was disappointed to learn that the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee said that the budget will not be ready for a final vote by the August recess…

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Noem says there is a prospect of a long term continuing resolution in place of a voted on budget…

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House Speaker John Boehner has spoken of “trillions” dollars in cuts in exchange for a vote to approve raising the debt ceiling in August. Noem says it’s a fair exchange…

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(courtesy WNAX Yankton)