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...With a three-day weekend to think about it, the big money could wind up looking at four thin-but-happy rallies and decide that emergency Fed intervention really is a fantasy. Putting everybody back in a bad mood for Easter Monday...
...fact that senators and congressmen were all back in their home states to start their two-week Easter recess isn't changing the fact that Bush's budget will spark a battle royal that will put his tax cut in a fresh round of danger. In fact, it's probably going to make it worse...
...which Cheney replied, "That is my intention." And suddenly the Bush budget, which Trent Lott wants passed before senators head home for Easter recess at week's end, looked as if it was headed into a dramatic string of party-line, 51-50 votes that would at the very least make for a big tax cut and a heck of a story...
...That budget passed 51-50 with Al Gore's vote, if you'll recall, and worked out rather well for the White House.) And the minority whip reminded the gathering that the Democrats alone had 120 amendments in the wings - wouldn't everybody rather do this after Easter...
HONG KONG On Easter Sunday at Yuen Long in the New Territories, visitors can watch a day-long traditional festival in honor of Tin Hau, the Taoist goddess of the sea, even though it is 11 days before her birthday. Amid dragon dances and fortune-telling, fishermen from across the city gather to pray for calm waters and heavy nets. Call Grayline Tours...