91. Congress is expected to approve that budget plan before leaving Friday for the Memorial Day recess. 92. Congressional Republicans have refused to extend funding until Clinton submits a seven-year, balanced budget plan. 93. Conservative Democrats in Congress with their own budget plan call themselves the Blue Dogs. 94. Democrats are holding meetings like this one all across the country during the congressional recess, to raise alarms about the Republicans and their budget plans. 95. Despite disagreement within Republican ranks over budget priorities, GOP leaders signaled this week a willingness to delay a tax cut to progress to a budget plan. 96. Democrats countered that the budget plan was dishonest and reckless. 97. Democrats in the Senate plan to unveil their budget plan this week. 98. Details come Thursday, when Davis introduces his budget plan for the new fiscal year. 99. Direct student lending will be prohibited at a number of Iowa universities under the Republican budget plan. 100. Domenici offered his budget plan only after several weeks of negotiations with conservatives within his own party who wanted less spending. |