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U.S. Sen. Robert Bennett tells Utah House federal continuing resolutions could halt new starts

Utah House of Representatives · January 22, 2007
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Sen. Robert Bennett briefed the Utah House that a continuing resolution in Congress could keep federal spending at 2006 levels through the 2007 fiscal year, potentially cancelling proposed new starts and grants that Utah expected, and answered members' questions on CHIP reauthorization and other federal matters.

The Utah House welcomed U.S. Senator Robert Bennett on Monday for a Committee of the Whole briefing during which he warned that continuing resolutions in Congress could freeze federal funding at prior-year levels and eliminate many proposed new starts.

Bennett said the recent congressional dynamics left the federal government operating under continuing resolutions that—if extended through Sept.…

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