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“Prodded by self-proclaimed budget hawks, the House speaker,
Dennis Hastert, suddenly wants to up the ante in Congress’s
budget plan – to $50 billion from $35 billion—for five
years of cuts in basic programs. Billions for food stamps, Medicaid
[,] and welfare reform would be lopped off.” International Herald
Tribune, Budget Cowardice, Editorial, October 14, 2005
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