1.   If this figure proves wildly optimistic, Bill Clinton will either have to propose more cuts or spend more money.

2.   The National Radiological Protection Board has proposed significant cuts in safe levels of radiation exposure.

3.   Bentsen also questioned why the Republicans would even propose a cut to NASA funding when Clinton has promised to veto any bill containing reductions in the agency budget.

4.   A restrictive rule imposed by the GOP leadership prohibited Democrats from proposing cuts in defense and other programs not included in the bill.

5.   A row between the government and its communist coalition allies compelled Prodi to propose milder cuts.

6.   Budget negotiations are usually much harder when the economy is in dire straits and spending cuts are proposed.

7.   Bush tried to address the issue by proposing cuts in property taxes, while requiring the partnerships to start paying the business tax.

8.   But Livingston fights proposed cuts in defense spending and is a friend to business, especially the oil industry, which dominates the Louisiana economy.

9.   But several Democrats on the panel admonished Republicans for proposing budget cuts for the park service.

10.   But the governor is undermining that sensible impulse by simultaneously proposing big cuts in funding for alternatives to prison.