20 years ago in reason.

• Author: Henderson, Rick
• Position: Citings - Republican Party on balancing the federal budget - Brief article

"The pressure is on, brought in part by a feisty class of 73 GOP House freshmen. In March, the freshman class proposed eliminating the Departments of Energy. Commerce, Education, and Housing. Meanwhile, freshman Rep. Mark Neumann (R-Wis.) has offered a plan that, by eliminating more than 100 agencies and programs, would balance the federal budget in four years. So there's hope."

"Like the rest of the welfare debate, the school lunch brouhaha is, at its serious heart, about how best to help people...whose lives are so...