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<br /> t "Balancing the ouuget is going to be
<br /> sloppy, messy, painful and difficult," Mr.
<br /> • Gingrich said yesterday.
<br /> °N. In his speech to city officials from across
<br /> ° the nation gathered at the Washington Hil-
<br /> 'w ton, Mr. C' .uon complained that Repub-
<br /> lican lawmakers were pandering to the
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<br /> _ "new rage of no government."
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<br /> "?" "I have a different view,"he said."I think
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<br /> q yond the old way of big government and the
<br /> ' 't;,.4--,.., r 1 1 new rage of no government."
<br /> � Mr.Clinton focused in his speech on the� = 4` ; � proposed GOP rescissions he did not like.
<br /> ;� . t I z '''• among the examples he gave: cuts to
<br /> '; t 'r ' s 1 i education and trainingprograms. such as
<br /> c `91's a summer jobs program for teen-agers and
<br /> ` + a drug-free schools program, and a £210
<br /> e.Z1 million cut in the national service program.
<br /> � "What we ought to do is to look at the
<br /> ' A, right kind of cuts. ... We're supposed to be
<br /> i passing responsibility back to you, but not
<br /> Photo by Tracy A.Woodward/The Washington Times --
<br /> President Clinton receives a round of applause at the National League of Cities meeting. undermining your ability to do your job,"
<br /> Mr. Clinton said.
<br /> Both Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gingrich took
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<br /> a similar message to the elected and -
<br /> eat pointed city officials: The federal govern-
<br /> ment should reduce its role while shifting
<br /> more duties and money directly to local
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<br /> • governments. The question seemed to be
<br /> onhow far to go.
<br /> Clinton's e "I believe if we get power back home in
<br /> a serious way and if people bet in the habit
<br /> once again of taking citizenship seriously,
<br /> Wants specifics on plans to balance budget we will be very pleased with how much
<br /> more flexible and creative and, candidly,
<br /> how much less expensive it is to solve prob-
<br /> lems,''J. Jennings Moss lems,"Mr. Gingrich said.
<br /> THE WASHINGTON TIMES lair. Gingrich said the federal govern-
<br /> ' "He's offered another $144 billion in meet needs to play a stronger role in only
<br /> House Speaker Newt Gingrich escalated spending savings,$80 billion of which goes three areas: fighting illegal immigration.
<br /> the debate over who is being more honest to deficit reduction,"Mr.Panetta said Sun- combating illegal drugs and getting violent
<br /> with the American people yesterday when day on CBS-TV's "Face the Nation.""Now criminals off the streets.The speaker pro-
<br /> he called on President Clinton to propose the Republicans control the House and the posed a life sentence for any felon released
<br /> specific cuts in federal programs to bal- Senate. Why isn't somebody asking, for from prison who gets caught with a fire-
<br /> ance the budget. goodness' sakes, 'Now that you run the arm.
<br /> "It would be nice to see the president place,where is your budget?'" Mr. Clinton said his administration has
<br /> lead,"Mr. Gingrich said at a news confer- Mr. Gingrich and the White House ac- already streamlined the bureaucracy, pot-
<br /> ence after speaking to the National League tually are asking two different questions on ing that the government is on its way to
<br /> of Cities.He also complained about"a cer- fiscal policy, and neither side is giving a being reduced by a total of 272.000 work-
<br /> tain disinformation campaign in this city direct immediate answer. ers. .
<br /> which is,frankly,a little disheartening." House Republicans have offered a pack-
<br /> "I wish the president would show us: age of domestic and defense program cuts
<br /> How would he get to a balanced budget in to the current fiscal year's budget, which
<br /> seven years?He doesn't like our cuts.What are known as rescission cuts.The House is
<br /> would he change to get to a balanced bud- scheduled to vote on $17 billion worth of
<br /> get?" Mr. Gingrich asked, noting that the rescissions tomorrow and another $3 bil-
<br /> president has the Office of Management lion later.
<br /> and Budget at his disposal to come up with What Mr. Clinton and his officials are
<br /> ideas and a chief of staff who used to be talking about is the budget for the next
<br /> director of the OMB. fiscal year.Administration officials want to
<br /> Leon Panetta, the White House chief of see how Republicans would balance tax
<br /> staff, used similar rhetoric in asking for cuts with cutting domestic programs and
<br /> Republican budget plans.Mr. Panetta said reducing the deficit.Mr. Gingrich has said
<br /> the president"exercised leadership"when the budget plan will be done by May.
<br /> he offered a fiscal 1996 budget proposal.
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