81.   Gov. George Pataki was wrong to suggest that the education cuts in his budget proposal could come out of bureaucratic bloat, with no damage to classroom instruction.

82.   Giuliani defended his budget proposals.

83.   He added that his budget proposal, to be released next week, will include plans to expand several prisons.

84.   He was referring to the Republican budget proposal, which would strip the Office of the surgeon general of all its funding.

85.   He will outline specifics of his budget proposals later.

86.   He would require public debate on budget proposals and prevent the all-night sessions that have traditionally enabled the Legislature to pass bills without public scrutiny.

87.   His budget proposal is also expected to extend Medicaid coverage to more poor children.

88.   His budget proposal contains no capital gains cut, however.

89.   His February budget proposal compared members of Congress to Lilliputians and the White House to the tied-down Gulliver.