Republicans say that will force Congress to adhere to strict spending limits that were ignored in previous years. We must contain spending over the coming year,'' the OMB document says. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, whose estimates Congress must follow, plans to release its own surplus update next week. Many analysts on Capitol Hill expect the CBO to show that a small portion of the Social Security surplus will be diverted to other government purposes this year. The president needs to present a new budget and explain how he will work with Congress to solve this mess of his own making,'' said House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.
Republicans say that's a distortion.
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