Clinton, Schumer take on budget

1st news ^ | September 9, 2001 | Mark Libbon

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August brought new estimates of smaller federal budget surpluses. September brought Democrats underlining the word "smaller" and Republicans stressing the word "surpluses."

As Congress and the White House head toward showdowns over spending, prepare to be numbed by numbers.

On the first day of the Senate's return after the August recess, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sounded the Democratic theme. She sat through a long committee hearing Tuesday as Dan Crippen, director of the Congressional Budget Office, explained how the $1.35 trillion tax cut and a sluggish economy have cut into budget surpluses forecast for the next 10 years.

When it was her turn, Clinton asked Crippen whether the CBO's projections included the potential $1 trillion or more cost of reforming Social Security. They did not, Crippen said.

Do they include the cost of providing a prescription drug benefit through Medicare? No.

Clinton got the same answer when she asked about plans to spend billions of dollars more on defense, education and energy tax credits.

The next day, Clinton stood at a news conference to attach a catchphrase to her message. "If this were a movie," she said, "it would be called, 'Honey, I Shrunk The Surplus.' "

One man, more votes

Terry McAuliffe, the Syracuse native who chairs the Democratic National Committee, launched an effort Thursday to register new voters immediately after they become American citizens

McAuliffe helped sign up some of the 500 people at a naturalization ceremony in Arlington, Va., where the Democrats have a good shot at winning this fall's gubernatorial race from the incumbent Republicans.

The DNC plans to launch a similar effort in New York state in coming weeks to build its base among first-time voters.

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and if it was ur husband the movie would be called "honey i did another intern" or " honey i sold some more secrets"

[OldFriend]

I still remember ole chuck the schmuck saying that gasoline prices would be $3.00 this summer. From the moment he first opened his mouth the prices went DOWN. Poor jerk.