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WASHINGTON — A spending plan drafted by the Senate Budget Committee chairman would reduce deficits by slashing spending on programs unrelated to national security and forcing lawmakers to pay for popular tax policies, including provisions that protect middle-class families from the bite of the alternative minimum tax.
The proposal by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., envisions tougher restraints than President Barack Obama offered in the request sent to Congress in February. The blueprint goes before the Budget Committee today.
