Democratic amendments led to a package with a smaller tax cut, far more resources for paying down the debt and strengthening education, and for strengthening national defense.
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When I went to Roosevelt grade school in Bismark, North Dakota, if you reduced spending by 39 and you reduced your income by 70, you were deeper in the hole, ... You've added to the deficit. You haven't reduced it.Kent Conrad
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This administration not only owes the country an honest budget, but a frank dialogue about the serious fiscal challenges that lie ahead.
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