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SENATORS EDWARD KENNEDY, DAVID BOREN AND ROBERT BYRD DISCUSSING THE BUDGET



SENATORS EDWARD KENNEDY, DAVID BOREN AND ROBERT BYRD DISCUSSING THE BUDGET

A bipartisan group of Senate leaders, in search of an alternative to President Reagan's budget plan, agreed March 16, 1982 that everything, including the sacrosanct defense, tax and "entitlement" programs, was open to negotiation. L-R are Senator Edward Kennedy D-Massachusetts, Senator David Boren D-Oklahoma and Senator Robert Byrd D-West VIrginia. (UPI/File)

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