61. In one of them, a woman talks about having to quit her job to take care of her elderly mother because of proposed cuts in Medicare and Medicaid. 62. Investors are concerned that pressure from the left will prevent the reform-minded finance minister from implementing proposed spending cuts. 63. It wants to restore many proposed cuts, especially in education. 64. It is expected to be used by some lawmakers and advocates for the poor in their battle against proposed cuts in state and federal welfare and food programs. 65. Last year the chancellor attacked the proposed cuts harshly. 66. Many economists criticized the plan then as reliant on too optimistic of a growth scenario, and too vague on proposed spending cuts. 67. Many Republican lawmakers said the proposed EPA cuts were consistent with their effort to spread the burden of balancing the budget throughout the federal government. 68. McInnis figured he could find enough waste and inefficiency at Interior Department headquarters to make up for the proposed cuts in the National Park Service budget. 69. Meanwhile, the White House has proposed hefty cuts of its own. 70. Moreover, Clinton has threatened to veto many of the others, saying proposed cuts they contain are too severe. |