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From: TimF8/27/2007 10:07:52 AM
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Union watchdog agency has budget cut

By Sean Lengell
July 30, 2007

The Bush administration says the Democrat-controlled Congress is trying to shortchange the lone federal agency responsible for ensuring unions spend their dues legally — an effort Republicans consider political payback that must be rebuffed.

At least two Republican senators are expected to propose legislation to restore nearly 4 percent of funding the House cut from the Office of Labor-Management Standards, Capitol Hill aides said.

"Union members are entitled to know where their money is going," Labor Department Secretary Elaine L. Chao said. "Less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the department's budget goes to OLMS — the one federal entity charged with protecting union members from corruption — and it is the one singled out for budget cuts."...

washingtontimes.com

Liberals Target Union Watchdog
By Robert Bluey

townhall.com

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Belabor the Point
Democrats find one government office they want to cut back. It's the one that exposes union corruption.

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