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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)....

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“ The budget the Democrats passed this week charts a new course, ”
Spratt says budget is 'pay as you go'
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“ The President says his budget ... will lead to the deficit being cut in half in four years, ”
U.S.Rep. Spratt: Iraq costs underestimated
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“ Congressional Republicans are in disarray and disagreement about the size of a tax cut. But most have begun to recognize that cutting taxes by an additional $1.6 trillion when the budget already is in substantial deficit causes either still bigger deficits or harmful cuts to services, ”
Bush: $550B tax cut would enliven economy
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“ The president now says that seniors who stay in the traditional Medicare program can get prescription drugs under his proposal, but the main thing he is giving them is a prescription drug discount card, ”
Bush rolls out Medicare reform framework
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“ He needs to ask himself if he wants to see two terms and retire and have to say to the baby boomers, 'Sorry, we did not do a thing to plan for your retirement,' ”
House Democrats hammer on budget
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