Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Via Hot Air, a GOP leadership aide does not think that the proposed $4.4 billion supplemental will cover expenses for newly authorized enforcement programs:
However, one Republican leadership aide told FOX News that the $4.4 billion is not nearly enough money to cover these substantial increases, warning against any guarantee that the provisions will be paid for down the road. "There's no way that's enough. So they'll have to appropriate more, and there's a big difference between authorizing and appropriating."
The question a number of bill skeptics might ask: will those new authorized measures ever be funded?