Budget Bill a Key First Step

Well, every journey begins with a first step, so the vote in the House today is a key indicator of the future direction of the 109th Congress. The latest paper by Heritage budget analyst Brian Riedl is "The Deficit Reduction Act: One Small Step for the House" shows that the House reconciliation bill’s (The Deficit Reduction Act) is a small but good first step towards returning fiscal sanity to Congress.

The paper is located at : http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm911.cfm