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...replaces the defunct EU Constitution, decidedly shot down by French and Dutch voters in 2005. After the rejection by two countries historically favorable to integration, Europe sank deep into institutional crisis. German Chancellor Angela D. Merkel has since pulled off an improbable and impressive political maneuver by drafting a reform treaty that effectively covers all the constitutional bases but is less than explicit about...
...over-bureaucratized central institutions, or, even worse, a half-hearted foreign policy. It needs further coordination with which to augment its power, in order to guarantee the survival of the democratic values now coded in the requirements for membership. Europe needs a constitution, which today means voting for the reform treaty...
...billion budget he requested for fiscal 2008. The man who created the $140 billion Medicare prescription drug program is threatening to veto a bill that would grow state children's health care programs by $35 billion. And out of the blue Bush is suddenly talking entitlement reform again, two years after his push to overhaul Social Security died...
...Still, Bush faces long odds in cementing his legacy as starting the conversation on entitlement reform, when so many activists blame him for botching the effort. "He just stumbled out of the barn and said: 'We want to reform Social Security,'" Weyrich said. To bring it up now, in the final 16 months of his presidency, "when he's a lame duck and Democrats control Congress," Weyrich added, "I just...
...Among the most surprising developments in Bush's fall spending offensive has been the Administration's return to the issue of entitlement reform. His proposed 2008 budget calls for cutting as much as $57 billion from Medicare over the next five years by cutting waste and abuse, tying provider payments to productivity and increasing fees on the wealthy, as well as another $30 billion or so in cuts to Medicaid and other entitlement programs. "Whether we balance the budget or whether or not the appropriations bills are done on time, these are all important goals, but they pale in comparison...