21.   But the White House itself has decided not to push for any extra money, which it could get only by cutting other programs.

22.   Clinton had warned in advance that he would veto an appropriations bill that went too far in cutting domestic programs.

23.   Clinton twice vetoed budget proposals that slowed the growth of Medicare and cut popular programs such as student aid and environmental protection.

24.   Contributing to the shift in public opinion are deep concerns that Republicans are going too far in cutting social programs like Medicare, a new survey said.

25.   CSUN athletic director Dick Dull recommended the program be cut to balance the budget.

26.   Cutting social programs without emphasizing training and education, he said in an interview last week, will only widen a growing social divide.

27.   Democrats, however, say it exemplifies Republican zeal for cutting taxes for the rich while cutting social programs for the poor.

28.   Democrats asserted that Bush had cut worthy programs to accommodate the tax cut.

29.   Cutting social programs is one thing.