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...White House aides dismiss the criticism as the usual whining of a messy and undisciplined Congress. Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley, who insisted on the smaller $350 billion price tag for any tax package that comes out of his tax-writing committee, is dismissed as a headline hound. Majority Leader Frist, who allowed the budget to pass that limits the size of the cut, is portrayed as a newbie rolled by his more experienced colleagues. " (Budget Chairman Don) Nickles wanted a budget before recess" says a White House official involved in selling the tax plan, "and Frist gave...
...When House leaders learned about my agreement...they proved tantrums aren't restricted to the 2-years-and-younger crowd." CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Republican Senate Finance chairman, on his effort to reduce the size of President Bush's tax-cut package...
...When House leaders learned about my agreement ... they proved tantrums aren't restricted to the 2-years-and-younger crowd." CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Republican Senate Finance chairman, on his effort to reduce the size of President Bush's tax-cut package...
They're being led by John Snow, the new Treasury Secretary, who is putting his skills as a former lobbyist to good use on trips to Capitol Hill, where key G.O.P. Senators like Iowa's Chuck Grassley and Ohio's George Voinovich have suggested the President's plan won't pass without big changes. During downtime on the Hill last week he started cold-calling lawmakers, dispensing with the custom of scheduled conversations. "John Snow here," he bellowed out to bewildered interns...
...somewhat" concerned about the deficits that could result from the Bush budget proposal. More than a third--36%--think the Bush plan would make the economy worse. Bush is also facing a rough road in Congress, even among Republican friends. Key G.O.P. Senators like Finance Committee chairman Charles Grassley of Iowa and Olympia Snowe of Maine have suggested that the crown jewel of Bush's tax-cut proposal--the $300 billion elimination of dividend taxes--is either too large or too slow acting to goose the economy. "It's one of the weaker links in the President's proposal...