"We will use a major portion of the available surplus to reduce taxes on all Americans, whose income taxes have produced this surplus, " said Rep . Bill Archer, R-Texas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the panel that writes federal tax laws.
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Democrats who contend too little is being spent on defense generally blame Bush's $ 1 . 35 billion, 10-year tax cut for trimming the available surplus that could pay for the needed improvements, making it hard to find money for late $ 18 . 4 billion increase
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"But a massive tax cut that gives the disproportionate share of relief to those at the very top while leaving out many low-income wage earners is going to spend all of the available surplus and come at the expense of the other needs of America's families ."
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Over all, Dudley estimated that tax receipts could fall short of projections next year by $ 50 billion to $ 75 billion _ enough to put a crimp in the plans of both parties for more spending, maybe even enough to wipe out the available surplus for next year.
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Chicago's immunization project was run by the city's Department of Public Health and the agency known as Supplemental Nutrition for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC . The WIC program, set up in the 1960s, is coordinated by the United States Department of Agriculture, which makes available surplus farm products.
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House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri, in a statement, said Bush was " going back on his pledge to invest in troops by proposing to spend virtually the entire available surplus on a tax cut that harms not just our economy but the greatest military in the world ."
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The Senate is being asked by the administration to turn a blind eye to the budget implications of the tax cut, which is certain to cost far more than $ 2 trillion when it is carried out, using up nearly all the available surpluses and leaving next to nothing for health, education and other needs.
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In January, Rylander predicted the state would have $ 5.6 billion more available than in the two-year budget cycle for 1998-1999 . She upped the figure to $ 6.4 billion, giving lawmakers the largest available surplus in state history, though some of the amount was earmarked to pay for natural growth of schools and state programs that serve the public.
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In January, Rylander predicted the state would have $ 5 . 6 billion more available than in the two-year budget cycle for 1998-1999 . She upped the figure to $ 6 . 4 billion, giving lawmakers the largest available surplus in state history, though some of the amount was earmarked to pay for natural growth of schools and state programs that serve the public.
