The hot topic on the Hill this week was foreign aid as two controversial reports were issued. The Clay Report is the one that has received all the publicity in the press. It is extremely critical of many aspects of foreign aid, but suggests only minor cuts in allotments. Republicans are inclined to dismiss the report as little more than an “admission against interest” to show that New Frontiersmen know a rat hole when they see one. Capitol insiders are more interested in the other report—a document sent up to the White House from the Senate Appropriations Committee signed by Wyoming’s Liberal Senator McGee.
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