Word: budget
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WASHINGTON--White House and congressional budget negotiators, a deficit-reduction blueprint suddenly slipping from their grasp, considered yesterday delaying cost-of-living increases for Social Security recipients and federal workers...
Foley denied that Social Security delays were "on the table" and Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.), senior Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, told reporters that "none of the automatic cost-of-living indexes are being seriously considered at this point...
...Bennett and the administration more than it is of colleges. During the last seven years, federal aid to students has dropped, and most of what needy students are receiving is coming in the form of loans rather than outright grants. The Reagan Administration's pursuit of short-term budget savings has saddled students with staggering debt burdens...
Dole said that in order to reduce the deficit, he would demand both a line-item veto and a balanced-budget amendment to the constitution. Dole said that as president he would call for a Constitutional Convention if the balanced-budget measure failed to win Congressional approval...
However, other members of the club felt thatDole over-generalilzed the issues, shying awayfrom specifics. Group members particularlyattacked Dole's handling of the deficit issue,noting that while he said he was committed toreducing the budget, he still claimed to supportall current spending programs...