Word: budgets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actual details of the budget agreement, we are pleased that funds have been allocated for the hiring of 100,000 new teachers but wish that these new instructors could be held to some national standard of competency and money had been allocated to build new schools and refurbish old and decrepit ones...
...back of the bill has a completely white background, eerily reminiscent of Monopoly money. Perhaps the U.S. Mint could have saved on its printing budget by commissioning. I realize that the twenty is not the first bill to be redesigned in recent years. The $50- and $100-bills have already had major facelifts. The difference between those two and the $20-bill, however, is that the latter is used much more frequently. You only get 50s and 100s from your aunt on your birthday. Once you get one, you either hold onto it or you deposit...
Last Thursday President Clinton and congressional leaders came to an agreement on the allocation of $500 billion of the federal budget, likely averting a government shutdown like the one that crippled the nation in 1995. Both sides have claimed victory, but the most powerful lesson of the negotiations was the persistent power of our Chief Executive. An amazing testament to his resilience, Clinton was able to win concessions on education, relief for farmers and funding for the International Monetary Fund even as he faces removal from office...
...budget, which Congress will probably take a final vote on this week, does include some disappointments. The Food and Drug Administration will not be permitted to evaluate abortion inducing drugs like RU-486. Internet pornography has been restricted, which is a serious threat to First Amendment rights. In addition, there will be an increase in Alaskan logging, laxer grazing permits and more ozone-depleting pesticides. And despite the IMF funding and promises to the contrary, this year's budget does not come close to settling America's outstanding debt to the United Nations...
Still, in spite of these shortcomings, we are pleasantly surprised by the results of the budget negotiations. Against all odds, most of Clinton's social agenda was preserved and the spirit of compromise seems to have prevailed on both sides of the aisle. Unfortunately, many significant problems were dodged in the process, such as the fate of Social Security...