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...remain convinced that a balanced budget will also provide enormous benefits for students, as it will result in lower interest rates for future student loans," Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) says in a statement...
...Gore, who both have their eye on the presidential race in 2000, had come to be known among the Republicans as "the chaperons," as in "We could have gone further, but the chaperons were watching." This time the Republicans wanted to bring along the Budget chairmen, Kasich and Pete Domenici; for one thing, it would even up the players on each side, and more important, they were the best guys with numbers. But to the Republicans' fury, Gore vetoed the idea, and to their amazement, Clinton went along. That meant that during the key session, Gingrich, Armey and Dole would...
...last week it was all over. The White House may not have realized it until a few days ago, but they do now. So Clinton is now trying to appear flexible." Other Republicans echoed Gingrich's sentiments. "We're not going to have a deal," Senate Budget leader Pete Domenici said late Thursday. Said Bob Dole: "The President has already decided the talks are ended, and he's started to lay the groundwork . . . for his re-election...
President Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, House Speaker Newt Gingrich and House Majority Leader Dick Armey will hold a budget summit at the White House Friday. Talks got back on track after White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta met Thursday with Sen. Pete Domenici and Rep. John Kasich, the chairmen of the Senate and House Banking Committees. House Republicans have said that they will not pass a continuing resolution to end the partial federal shutdown until the budget deal is completed...
...point, a particularly testy exchange flared up after Domenici and Tyson got into what senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl called a "gloves-off discussion over Medicare and Medicaid cuts." When Tyson interrupted Domenici, the New Mexico Senator snapped, "I did not interrupt you, and you spoke for 14 minutes!" The tension subsided only after Sinai took the opportunity to remind his fellow panelists that in economics, discourse and disagreement often go hand in hand. "If we laid all the economists from end to end," he said, "they would not reach the same conclusion." That was one point on which even...