During the 1990s, because the federal budget deficit continued to be a problem for the Clinton Administration, many traditionally sacrosanct federal programs were put under the microscope. However, the current administration and their figurehead, President George W. Bush, have to undergo an entirely different kind of scrutiny. Presently, faced with a federal budget surplus provided by their predecessors, the Bush Administration is proposing to fund a tax cut, which has democrats up in arms. While …showed first 75 words of 2546 total…

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