CONRAD AND SPRATT ATTACK BUSH OVER CBO BUDGET DEFICIT PROJECTIONS
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-ND, points out deficit projections to members of the press during a news conference regarding the new CBO budget deficit projections, on January 25, 2005. 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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