G.O.P. Spending Proposal Urges Phaseout of E.D.

By Robert C. Johnston

Washington

The leadership of the House Budget Committee has drafted a long-term plan that calls for phasing out the Education Department and two other federal departments to help balance the federal budget by 2002.

Aides said the plan was to be presented to the entire House Republican conference late last week at a meeting in Leesburg, Va. The budget panel plans to unveil the proposal publicly next week, when the committee is scheduled to begin marking up a...