Cheney Casts Tie-Breaking Vote For Spending Cuts, "An Ideologically Driven, Extreme, Radical Budget... All At The Expense Of Middle Class Americans"..

Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR December 21, 2005 at 11:18 AM
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The Republican-controlled Senate passed legislation to cut federal deficits by $39.7 billion on Wednesday by the narrowest of margins, 51-50, with Vice President Dick Cheney casting the deciding vote.

The measure, the product of a year's labors by the White House and the GOP in Congress, imposes the first restraints in nearly a decade in federal benefit programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and student loans.

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