CONRAD AND SPRATT ATTACK BUSH OVER CBO BUDGET DEFICIT PROJECTIONS

Rep. John Spratt, D-SC, speaks to members of the press during a news conference regarding the new CBO budget deficit projections, on January 25, 2005, as Sen. Kent Conrad, D-ND, looks on. Conrad attacked President Bush's tax cuts and spending in Iraq and Afghanistan for the high increases in the U.S. national deficit...(UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld)....