Cole: Budget Negotiations Won’t Be Easy
Cole: Budget negotiations will be tough going
By Joy Hampton
Finding common ground will be crucial to bridging the $90 billion chasm between the Republican and Democrat federal budget proposals, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole said Monday.
“Why don’t we start where we agree, rather than where we disagree?” said Cole, R-Moore.
Cole, who represents Oklahoma’s Fourth District, is one of four House Republicans appointed to serve on a 29-person conference committee to negotiate the budget. The committee — which includes seven House members and 22 senators — has been charged with the goal of producing a budget resolution by Dec. 13.
Cole anticipates that the process could be “very fractious.”