81.   On the research side, the proposed cuts are not as severe but are still serious.

82.   Others point to the proposed cuts in police funds as a critical mistake.

83.   Other proposed cuts in energy conservation and environmental enforcement also have Republican champions who are swing voters in a Congress where Republican control is precarious.

84.   Other proposed cuts include closing campgrounds at Desert View, the North Rim and Indian Garden, and eliminating National Park Service law enforcement and fire services to Tusayan.

85.   Panetta said that Clinton would continue to seek re-election by highlighting his efforts to protect federal environmental protection programs from proposed cuts by the GOP-controlled Congress.

86.   Pataki has proposed cuts in Medicaid spending in the past, only to be rebuffed by his Democratic rivals nearly every year.

87.   Potential voters can read about such issues as taxes or proposed cuts in federal education grants.

88.   Privately, lobbyists for the industry said they would hold their fire for now and give the governor the opportunity to scale back his proposed cuts.

89.   Proponents vow to fight the proposed cuts in Congress.

90.   Proposed cuts in the Commerce Department could halt construction of new laboratories at the Gaithersburg-based National Institute of Standards and Technology.