Word: budgets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Congress has plenty of work to do already, getting its vision of next year?s budget ready for the annual brouhaha with White House negotiators. So far, the Republicans have sent Clinton just four of the 13 spending bills for the coming fiscal year, and the White House has threatened vetoes of six of the others. Desperate for cash that won?t bust the spending caps and eat into the surplus (although that will certainly happen eventually), they?ve tapped $3 billion in unused state welfare money to make some ends meet, which has governors and Democrats screaming mugging. With...
...education front, other battles are to come over the budget...
...have a limited staff and budget, and our primary duties are keeping systems up and running, keeping e-mail flowing. That's a task in itself," he said...
Fortunately, President Clinton is expected to veto the bill this week. Clinton is calling for a smaller income tax cut and some increased domestic spending on widely popular social programs. There is a deep hypocrisy in Republican outcries against Clinton's budget plans, which they claim are extravagant, in contrast with their own willingness to approve an irresponsible trillion dollar...
...hope that the next budget cycle will bring real compromise, serious discussion, and close attention to the things all Americans value: social security, health care and education. A tax cut for the wealthy is not where our Congress' attention should be focused...