Word: budgeteering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...before Jimmy Carter delivered his State of the Union address, he met at the White House with the House Democratic leaders. He went around the table, asking each for his views on the fiscal 1980 budget. The last to be called on was House Speaker Tip O'Neill. "Mr. Speaker," said the President, "I save you for last. I've got to get my marching orders from you." O'Neill said he had spent more than 40 years fighting for social programs for the poor, and he added: "I didn't become Speaker to strip them...
...national priorities-battles between, to take one mighty example, those who want to cut the fat from social programs they feel have not worked well and those who want to search for lard in the military's billions. Carter's State of the Union address and his budget message would serve as the wick to ignite for the congressional session ahead all the contending political factions and the brawling special-interest groups...
...sunny office on the second floor of the White House's West Wing, a myriad of complicated details were sorted out for this week's visit of China's Teng Hsiao-p'ing. There, too, strategy was being mapped for steering the President's budget through Congress, fighting inflation and rallying support for SALT. The office is a control tower for the Administration, and much of the credit for the improving management of Jimmy Carter's White House these days is being given to the tower's occupant: Anne Wexler...
During the drafting of the 1980 budget, Wexler held dozens of meetings with hundreds of Americans who told her about their favorite programs and spending priorities. Generally, she made no promises, bluntly explaining that the deficit had to be kept down. But for some groups she did more. When big city mayors complained about federal cuts in urban aid, she arranged for them to meet Carter. After that session, the Administration boosted a key urban program by $150 million in the 1980 budget and asked that $200 million be added to this year's appropriation...
...Teddy supporters are jubilant each time Carter makes a mistake or looks unpresidential. They gird their loins for battle each time Carter moves to the right and junks budget luxuries like a decent health care program or money for urban revitalization. They gnash their teeth when he says "We are about to have a big breakthrough in the SALT talks that will end the arms race and help moves us towards my ultimate goal, a nuclear-free world. Amen. We will increase defense spending by $15 billion dollars to build more weapons. Amen." They chant each morning...