Republican Policy Luncheon, September 12, 1989
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- Republican Policy Luncheon, September 12, 1989
- Date (Dublin Core)
- 1989-09-12
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- 1989-09-12
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- 101st (1989-1991)
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- Dole, Robert J., 1923-2021
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- Collection 007, Box 395, Folder 13
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- Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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- Robert J. Dole Republican Leadership Collection, 1985-1996
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BOB DOLE KANSAS
United States Senate OFFICE OF THE REPUBLICAN LEADER WASHINGTON, DC 20510-7020
SENATOR:
Re: Poland-Hungary package.
No decision yet from Mitchell on cosponsoring -- I've bugged his staff twice this morning, to no avail.
We have two Republicans -- Murkowski and Boschwitz. You may want to mention your intention to put it in today at Policy Luncheon -- to get more cosponsors.
AL P.S. Bill and statement ready to go in.
ADMIN Pkg.
$119M Poland $27M Hungary
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AGENDA
Week of September 11
1. Gregg nomination, 4 hour time agreement. Vote 6:15 p.m.
2. FSX Vote, Wednesday
3. Appropriations Bills (likely Transportation, D.C., Labor/HHS, VA.,HUD, Foreign Operations, Commerce/State/Justice, Military Construction - these could spill over to next week)
4. S. 1163, Job Training Partnership Act Amendments - likely to be consent item.
5. Solid Rocket Motor Bill - some controversy (Rudman)
Week of September 18
1. Appropriations Bills (likely Defense)
OTHER ISSUES
Drugs Republican Initiatives: Byrd funding amendment
Catastrophic (ask Packwood to comment) Finance markup continuing - no consensus yet, but clear Republican opposition to new funding sources. Continues to be controversial
Reconciliation (ask Domenici, Packwood to comment) CONGRESS MUST COMPLETE ACTION PRIOR TO OCTOBER 15 to avoid sequester. At the moment Finance & Agriculture are the only two Committees who have yet to complete action. Finance has been instructed to achieve $2.7 billion in reductions and $5.3 billion in revenues. Agriculture has been instructed to achieve $1 billion in deductions.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY
- (THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN COORDINATED BY OMB WITH THE CONCERNED AGENCIES.)
(Senate Floor) September 12, 1989
H.R. 3015 -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, FY 1990 (Sponsors: Byrd (D), WV; Lautenberg (D), NJ)
The Administration has serious concerns with the Transportation Appropriations bill. In addition, late last night, the Administration learned that major new drug legislation is expected to be proposed by the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee as an amendment to the bill. If the "Emergency Drug" amendment developed by the Chairman is included in the Transportation Appropriations bill in its current form, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the President's other senior advisors will recommend to the President that he veto the bill.
The Omnibus Drug Act required the President to do a thorough analysis of the drug problem and to send Congress a comprehensive strategy for solving the problem. As required by law, Director Bennett spent six months consulting widely and preparing just such a strategy. The strategy has been generally viewed as serious and sound. To propose a major increase in funding, 78 percent over FY 1989, just six days later -- and to demand acceptance in 24 hours -- is to reject the whole Drug Strategy process that the Congress itself demanded and legislated.
Other serious concerns with the "Emergency Drug" amendment follow:
o The President's plan proposed increasing drug spending by $2.2 billion over FY 1989 to a total of $7.9 billion for FY 1990. He made the tough choices. The proposed "Emergency Drug" amendment makes no choices. It throws money at the problem rather than providing a plan. It proposes a level of $10 billion, approximately a 78 percent increase over FY 1989.
o The Chairman's plan pays for the drug funding with a .575 of one percent cut in all discretionary spending. This proposal would arbitrarily cut defense by $1.8 billion. This cut in defense is way out of proportion. It would take 67% of the
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funds out of defense, when the defense component of the strategy is less than 10%. Defense has already taken reductions in real terms every year since 1985. The Defense bill. that is being marked up today by the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee already dedicates over $700 million to drug programs.
o As part of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, the President agreed to a real reduction in defense spending. The "Emergency Drug" amendment would take another $1.8 billion in budget authority from defense and would be a gross violation of the budget agreement.
The Administration has several serious concerns about the Transportation bill itself. The bill assumes the use of $300 million of Department of Defense appropriations to fund services for the Coast Guard. The Administration strongly opposes the practice of diverting funds from needed Defense programs to augment inadequate appropriations for the Coast Guard. In addition, it is the Administration's position that providing domestic discretionary programs (such as Coast Guard services) with funds intended for national defense violates the Bipartisan Budget Agreement (BBA) .
Based on OMB's scoring, discretionary spending provided by this bill would result in outlays of $27.5 billion or $59 million above the 302 (b) allocation. The Initial OMB Sequester Report of August 25th made clear that we have virtually no margin for expenditures above the 302 (b) allocations if we are to avoid sequester. We therefore would respectfully urge the Senate to find appropriate means to bring the bill down to the 302 (b) level.
The Administration is also concerned because the bill funds Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations, modernization of air traffic control equipment, and Coast Guard services at levels below those contained in the President's request. We urge the Senate to fund fully the FAA and Coast Guard requests by making reductions in highways, mass transit, and Amtrak.
The Administration opposes a number of other provisions, as outlined in the attachment. We hope that the Senate will approve a bill that adequately funds essential programs, that complies with 302(b) allocations and the BBA, and that addresses satisfactorily the issues raised by the Administration.
Attachment
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SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 11, 1989
TODAY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
THE SENATE WILL RECONVENE AT 2:15 P.M. AND BEGIN CONSIDERATION OF THE NOMINATION OF DONALD GREGG, TO BE AN AMBASSADOR TO KOREA, UNDER A TIME LIMITATION OF 4 HOURS TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED, AT 6:15 p.M., THIS EVENING, A ROLL CALL VOTE WILL OCCUR ON THE CONFIRMATION OF MR. GREGG, ADDITIONAL VOTES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR FOLLOWING THE 6:15 P.M. VOTE THIS EVENING,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
RESUME AND HOEPFULLY COMPLETE ACTION ON THE TRANSPORTATION APPROPS, BILL. VOTES WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EVENING IN ORDER TO COMPLETE ACTION ON THE BILL,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
THE SENATE CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONSIDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: -- ENERGY/WATER APPROPS. CONFERENCE REPORT -- COMMERCE/JUSTICE/STATE APPROPS, BILL -- D.C. APPROPS, BILL -- LABOR/HHS APPROPS, BILL -- FSX VETO MESSAGE (HOPEFULLY UNDER A TIME AGREEMENT)
THEREFORE, VOTES CAN BE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EACH DAY OF SENATE SESSION THIS WEEK, AND LATE SESSIONS COULD OCCUR IN ORDER TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE REMAINING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS,
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