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...leaves before his term?s up, South Carolina's Democratic governor would almost surely name someone from his party to fill the vacancy, giving Democrats a leg up in that race. What's more, Republican senators tell me at least three other GOP incumbents - Fred Thompson of Tennessee, Pete Domenici of New Mexico, and Phil Gramm of Texas - are considering leaving when their terms are up in 2002 because they're fed up with the chamber and realize their party won't recapture it for a while...
...surplus amounts to the second largest ever. Republicans predict that Bush's tax rebate will soon give the sluggish economy a lift, generating more growth and higher tax receipts. And they claim that the real goal of the Democrats is to repeal Bush's tax cut. As Senator Pete Domenici, the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, put it, "If you really want to drive this country into the economic ditch, raise taxes during a slowdown...
...Budget GOP chair: Pete Domenici, New Mexico Democratic chair: Kent Conrad, North Dakota Effect of change: Trouble for Bush; Conrad doesn?t share Bush?s budget priorities...
...Dueling congressional news conferences: Republican Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici doffed his cap to Bush - "You have moved us in the direction of giving back taxes to the American people, rather than giving them the last cut of the deck" - and Democrat Robert Byrd pretending to call his mother. "Yes, Mother, I voted for the tax cuts," sang Byrd. "But now, on Medicare, no. We're putting that off for another day, Mother. Forget it." (Byrd also said Social Security, education and just about everything else gets shorted by Bush...
...There will be much more pressure this year to stay within the numbers," allowed Pete Domenici, (R-N.M.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. "There's a chance that will happen...