61.   I can only wonder what excuse those who continue to cut the budget for the space program would give if they saw an asteroid hurtling toward the atmosphere?

62.   If Congress cuts the budget of the CDC, Congress is going to cut the throat of the American people.

63.   If budgets are cut, the athletes feel insulted.

64.   In February, he predicted that the Fed would reduce interest rates if Republicans cut the budget so deeply that the economy slowed.

65.   In March, Ms. Norton wrote to Mayor Kelly and the city council members suggesting ways to cut the budget even further so that Congress would not intervene.

66.   In pressing for cuts, aides to Yeltsin said they were willing to listen to ideas from Parliament on cutting the budget and raising revenue.

67.   In the middle of his impassioned speech about cutting the budget, Brownback reminded the crowd that he remained committed to not touching Social Security.

68.   It got a big lift after another flagrant case of abuse a decade ago, but then the public lost interest and its budget was cut.

69.   Is my budget being cut?

70.   It was the first time his budget has been cut since Giuliani became mayor.