Word: deficits
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While the majority of Congressmen are opposed to the line item veto, there are a few, including Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) and Sen. Joe Biden (D.-Del.), who feel that the authority is a legitimate way to reduce the deficit...
...several candidates, including Vice President George Bush, Sen. Robert Dole (R.-Kas.), and Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis have joined with President Reagan in favoring use of the line item veto to reduce the deficit. Bush has even included the item veto in one of his campaign commercials, saying that "Congress is against the line item veto. That means it's probably a pretty good idea...
Boston University sliced the deficit to 3-2 with quick strikes early in the third period, Mike Sullivan scored at 39 seconds and Mike Kelfer, last year's MVP, netted a power-play goal...
...from his centrist record. But even when he seemed to be fading in Iowa last fall, Gephardt never jettisoned his controversial trade amendment, despite heavy criticism. Like Babbitt, Gephardt is willing to bear the bad-news message that America's economic distress stems from deeper causes than the budget deficit alone. And he has shown an attribute that should not be underestimated: no candidate in either party surpasses Gephardt in dogged determination to get to the White House...
Dukakis, in contrast, sometimes campaigns like he is already there. He carefully calibrates his promises and commitments, confident in the faith that he may soon be asked to fulfill them. That may partly explain his stubborn reluctance to offer a realistic plan to stanch the deficit; he was defeated for re-election as Massachusetts Governor in 1978 largely because he raised taxes. For all Dukakis' unquestioned managerial competence, there are also hints that the blandness of his vision reflects a certain constriction of the soul. When he speaks of his passions (housing, education), he seems to be reciting them...