The House Republican leader , Representative Tom DeLay of Texas , is fighting the changes , but on Monday evening , Representative Roy Blunt of Missouri , the Republican whip , was trying to negotiate a compromise before lawmakers took up the budget on Wednesday .
Roy Blunt /people/person/place_lived Missouri
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Roy Blunt
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Missouri
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