Washington - President Bush on Monday sent Congress a long list of proposed budget cuts, zeroing in on favored congressional projects and the Clinton administration's effort to put more police on the street. Looking on is Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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Agriculture, transportation and environment programs would suffer some of the deepest cuts below current spending levels. This budget funds our needs without the fat. By contrast, Bush would slash farm programs, especially those that supplement the income of farmers. Democrats respond Democrats in Congress were quick to complain. The presidential hit list includes hundreds of transportation projects, axing money for projects from the Van Wyck Expressway in Long Island, N.Y., to the Four Bears Bridge in North Dakota.