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Bush's New Tax-Cut Bid Stirs Outcry; Cost of War Still Unknown.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2003

By Glen Johnson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 20--WASHINGTON--The Bush administration is pushing for a new round of tax cuts even before it explains how much war with Iraq will cost the American taxpayer, triggering cries of fiscal irresponsibility and charges of a Texas political two-step.

Many Democrats and some moderate Republicans have banded together to oppose President Bush's proposed $726 billion tax-cut package, but they are split about what to do next, leaving the administration hopeful that it can win approval of the entire amount. Senator Edward M. Kennedy argues that there should be no tax cuts at a time of war, especially when the House and Senate do not know the price tag for the war, which Bush's...

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