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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Warren Christopher has written a stern letter to Leon Panetta, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, complaining about the OMB's desire to cut the State Department's annual budget 10%, along with that of all other agencies. Despite its weighty content, the two-page, single-spaced letter, a copy of which was obtained by TIME, is addressed Dear Leon and signed simply Chris, the Secretary's familiar name...
...Clinton Administration revised its revised number for how many Americans will pay more for health insurance. The figure was dropped from 40% of Americans to 30%. As explained to Congress by Budget Director Leon Panetta, the first figure counted only what people would pay in increased insurance premiums but didn't consider out-of-pocket costs such as co-payments, which are likely to decrease under the Clinton plan...
...complexity and confusion, though, delivery of the draft bill marked what Budget Director Leon Panetta, borrowing a line from Winston Churchill, called "the end of the beginning" in the great national-health- care debate. For months that debate has focused on ideas, generalities, trial balloons, leaked outlines. Now it can zero in on the specifications of an actual draft bill. Not necessarily one bearing much resemblance to what Congress may eventually pass, however. Said Senate Republican leader Robert Dole: "I'm willing to wager that the final product will be considerably different from any bill that has been proposed...
...them," says an Administration aide, but the package did not survive. And Gore's influence was not enough to save the BTU tax from sniping by Senators and from Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen's willingness to carve out exceptions to it until there was nothing left. Budget Director Leon Panetta recalls, "When it was dropped in committee, there was a moment when I followed the Vice President into his office. He said...
...others there -- Senate majority leader George Mitchell, Budget Director Leon Panetta and Bentsen -- said little. "Mr. President," intoned Moynihan in that professorial voice, "what if you have to go to Tokyo after a bill has been defeated?" Clinton paused a second or two. "I couldn't go," he replied...