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Bill Clinton: Well, there aren't big spending differences although there would be if there are across-the-board spending cutbacks. The…

On the recordNovember 4, 1999
Well, there aren't big spending differences although there would be if there are across-the-board spending cutbacks. The main difference is--you know, Senator Domenici, to be fair to him, has not been guilty of grandstanding, but his party has. Let's look at the main difference. The main difference is I sent them a budget that was paid for. They didn't want to pay for it. They had us spending the Social Security surplus. So instead of owning up to it, they ran ads accusing the Democrats of spending the Social Security surplus which is just false. Mr. Cavuto. They say they're not.
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Bill Clinton
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