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What Kissinger, Ford and Nixon did in the Middle East, I built upon. What they did in China, I built upon. What they did with the SALT negotiations, I built upon. I did not reject. Under Reagan, for the first time in recent history a nonpartisan international effort was set aside. That is still disturbing...
...Reagan Administration. Since the election, Bell has moved quickly to reduce federal funding (generally by 20% to 25% for most programs) and rule making in the field of public education. Indeed, according to a 530-page study called The Reagan Experiment, to be released this week by the nonpartisan Washington-based Urban Institute, the Reagan Administration withdrawals and reallocations of resources add up to a historic movement away from federal support of public schools. The report concludes that by the time the Administration's planned cutbacks take full effect in 1984, federal funding for elementary, secondary and vocational education...
...bill, though, is only the first, and probably the smallest, of the steps that have to be taken. Even after its passage, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that deficits will run around $150 billion in each of the next three fiscal years, dwarfing the record $110 billion now expected for the financial year that ends Sept. 30. The Administration, of course, calculates much lower figures, but it is assuming passage of spending cuts that Congress has not yet enacted...
...more than $103.9 billion, but not even the legislators seemed to believe in what they were doing. Admitted New York's Democratic Congressman Theodore Weiss: "It's a package wrapped in deceit, based on phony figures, erroneous assumptions and questionable projections." For its part, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted that the budget would be at least $116.4 billion in the red next year, the highest in U.S. history...
...House gallery. But it was not until the President began talking about the "terrible tragedy on the Potomac" that Skutnik had an inkling that something was up. "Oh, oh," he thought, "here it comes." Suddenly the leaders of the land were on their feet and waves of heartfelt, nonpartisan applause rolled through the House chamber. Skutnik, looking slightly stricken, stood up with the help of a shove from behind. "My mind went blank, I didn't move a muscle. I was stunned. Not many people get standing ovations, and for somebody like...