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...They had a little more money, so the administration improved or increased the administrative budgets,” he said. “Truth be told, when the budget cuts occurred, they had to cut back their administrative budget, but they also cut back the House budget, which had not increased by the same degree–if at all—during the expansion...
...think definitely because it’s the playoffs, you’re in a do-or-die situation,” Rogers said. “We thought we played good hockey [last weekend], we just had to sharpen up a little bit and cut down on mistakes at crucial points, and I think we did that...
Harvard also had good results from its diving team, with freshman Michael Stanton and junior Zac Ranta coming in first and seventh, respectively, in the three-meter diving finals. Stanton’s effort was good enough for an NCAA “A” cut...
...when Meyer and junior Blake Lewkowitz finished one-two in the 1,650-yard freestyle to pick up a combined 60 points for the team. Stanton took home his second title of the weekend in the one-meter diving competition, making an NCAA “A” cut in this event as well. Diekema also finished first in the 100-yard backstroke...
...Republican criticisms are highly disingenuous, however; of the 22 times reconciliation has been used since 1980, 17 were by Republicans. Most notably, the measure was used to pass both of President Bush’s tax cuts—an especially salient example, considering the 2003 tax-cut bill passed only after a tie-breaking, 51st vote cast by Vice President Cheney. Comparatively, the Senate passed its version of the health-care bill with 60 votes in December; if the tax cuts were passed using reconciliation by the Republicans, it is fair for the Democrats to use the measure...