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Despite such concerns, Reagan easily quelled a potential bipartisan congressional rebellion against his budget plans before it ever really got started. When the President journeyed to Capitol Hill for a meeting with Republican congressional leaders on Tuesday, he had to contend with two bits of bad news. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office had just predicted that federal spending might soar as much as $25 billion above Reagan's forecast for the next fiscal year, and that the deficit might consequently balloon to a record $70 billion, vs. $45 billion projected by the White House. Reason: the CBO doubted that...
...prospective deficit in fiscal 1981, which ends Sept. 30, at $80 billion, vs. the commonly cited estimate of less than $60 billion; he was including the activities of federal lending agencies that are not counted in the formal budget. But on the whole, Reagan made an effective, and graciously nonpartisan, statement of his views; he stressed over and over the explosive growth of spending and deficits in the past 20 years, implicitly blaming Republican as well as Democratic Administrations. Since 1960, he said, the federal budget has increased by 528%, which is almost 23 times as fast...
...emphasis here is on debate. A nonpartisan moderator (possibly a journalist) will serve only to limit the length of statements and maintain some degree of order. After an opening statement by each of the participants, personal confrontation will move the discussion...
DIED. Arthur Levitt, 79, New York State comptroller from 1955 to 1978, whose nonpartisan dedication, thrift with public funds and relentless criticism of fiscal chicanery endeared him to voters, who returned him to office five times with huge majorities; in New York City. A Brooklyn lawyer and nominal Democrat, Levitt served under four Governors, tightening the state's auditing procedures, including "performance audits" of state agencies, and eventually giving his office prestige and power virtually beyond politics...
...last year output had climbed to only 770 million tons, and the National Coal Association estimates that the industry will produce only 972 million tons by 1985. Now, at long last, the restoration of King Coal to its former preeminence is getting some distinguished, and badly needed, nonpartisan support...