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...Reported by James Carney and Mark Thompson/Washington
...Medicare and Medicaid and offers $245 billion in tax cuts, as "still too extreme."TIME's James Carneyreports that White House aides, meanwhile, still can't agree on how -- or when --the President should fight for his own, 10-year plan. "The proposal represents a break from the past," Carney says. "What has remained the same is his failure to follow through when he's made major proposals. He's made a big speech, and there's no follow-through in sight." Since Clinton can't veto the GOP budget agreement, Carney adds, the battle now moves to the congressional...
...equally terse response for the GOP, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole said that while he was encouraged by the President's newfound willingness to work with Congress to eliminate the deficit, he strongly disagreed with Clinton's determined effort to preserve federal programs that Republicans would eliminate.Jay Carney, TIME White House correspondent, reports: "The President made a very strong case tonight for a place at the table, after having been completely irrelevant to the budget process. He accepted the fact that theGOP has created the momentum for a balanced budget. His message was basically...
...REPORTED BY JAMES CARNEY AND MICHAEL DUFFY/WASHINGTON, PATRICK E. COLE AND MARGOT HORNBLOWER/LOS ANGELES AND JOHN MOODY/NEW YORK
...restore $1.4 billion in proposed cutsin education, crime prevention, environment, housing and job training programs, and to offset them with cuts in construction and government overhead.TIME White House correspondent James Carneysays Clinton's veto grates against a recent presidential promise to balance the budget within 10 years. Now, Carney says, "he runs the risk of looking like he's not really for deficit reduction. It increases the pressure on him to become a player in the deficit-cutting game...