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- <title>
- Sep. 24, 1990: The Political Prop Parade
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Sep. 24, 1990 Under The Gun
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 29
- The Political Prop Parade
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- <body>
- <p>By David Ellis/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
- </p>
- <p> A Survey of Those Silly Budget-Battle Photo Ops
- </p>
- <p>GREEN EYESHADES (1980 Deficit $74 Billion)
- </p>
- <p> The "Save Our Bucks" committee, a bipartisan group of
- Senators, announces plans to cut $10 billion from Carter's
- final budget.
- </p>
- <p>BUGGING OUT (1985 Deficit $185 Billion)
- </p>
- <p> Massachusetts Congressman Silvio Conte yuks it up during an
- end-of-session budget fight that left many issues unresolved.
- </p>
- <p>ALIVE ON ARRIVAL (1987 Deficit $150 Billion)
- </p>
- <p> Responding to criticism that Reagan's '87 budget proposals
- were DOA, aides stage a "miracle recovery" on Capitol Hill.
- </p>
- <p>CUTTING IMAGERY (1988 Deficit $155 Billion)
- </p>
- <p> Angered that Congress raised the nation's debt ceiling from
- $2.1 trillion to $2.8 trillion, Reagan pledges to rip into
- spending.
- </p>
- <p>CRYSTAL GAZING (1989 Deficit $152 Billion)
- </p>
- <p> Huddling after the stock-market crash, Illinois Congressman
- Dan Rostenkowski and Silvio Conte search for long-term cuts.
- </p>
- <p>LOUISVILLE MUGGER (Estimated 1991 Deficit $250 Billion)
- </p>
- <p> Republican leader Bob Dole presents Bush with a big stick
- at the opening of the latest budget summit.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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