The Republican-controlled Senate passed legislation to cut federal deficits by $39.7 billion on Wednesday by the narrowest of margins, 51-50, with Vice President Dick Cheney casting the deciding vote.
The measure, the product of a year's labors by the White House and the GOP in Congress, imposes the first restraints in nearly a decade in federal benefit programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and student loans.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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As my brother just said to me in an email: "40 BILLION OVER 5 YEARS?! THAT'S LIKE THROWING A DIXIE CUP OFF THE QUEEN MARY TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD."
Wow, five years? I hadn't seen that yet. That is indeed a dixie cup.
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