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Spending Here And There
Lawmakers come back from their
spring recess on Tuesday, and waiting
for them will be an explosive budget
debate that Jewish leaders fear may trig-
ger big cuts in domestic programs and
new problems for Israel's foreign aid.
The first confrontation will come as
legislators resume bickering over the
administration's supplemental aid
request, including money for hurri-
cane disaster relief in Central America
and a special appropriation for Jordan.
That measure has been loaded
down with special appropriations for a
number of business interests, increas-
ing the chances of a presidential veto.
And congressional Republicans
have insisted that the supplemental
money must be offset by cuts in
domestic spending programs. That
could be a troubling precedent when
Israel's supplemental aid comes up for
review later in the year.
Before the recess, both Houses
passed budget resolutions providing a
rough blueprint for Fiscal Year 2000
spending.
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The Republican-crafted proposals are
based on the 1997 deficit-reduction
agreement, with stringent spending caps
that leave little maneuvering room.
At the same rime, GOP leaders are
insisting on significant tax cuts and
increases in military spending; the war
in Kosovo will add even more pressure
on congressional budgeters.
"Basically we're in the third year of
a five-year deficit reduction process,"
said Reva Price, Washington represen-
tative for the Jewish Council for
Public Affairs.
"Congress backloaded the cuts
because nobody wanted to admit up-
She comes from
Przemysl, Poland. She
is among the 10% of
Polish Jews who
survived Nazi
Occupation. Now she
is in her 80's. Her
family's graves are
overgrown and
crumbling. Her
experiences have gone
untold. Remembrance
and Reconciliation,
Inc., an Ann Arbor
non-profit, is working
to restore Przemysl's
Jewish cemetery and
to publish the stories
of survivors like her-
in Poland, where they
most need to be heard.
front how difficult the process would
be; as a result, this year's budget is
turning into a nightmare."
Many lawmakers realize that the
only way to avoid big domestic
spending cuts is to lift the spending
caps - but no one wants to be the
first to propose it.
"There's talk about more money for
child care, for education," Price said.
"But where will the money come
from? Basically, you have a large num-
ber of groups all going after very tiny
pieces of the pie."
Crimes Of Thought
Jewish supporters of a new hate crimes
statute got a boost this week when
President Bill Clinton formally
announced support for the measure,
which will make it easier for the feder-
al government to get involved in pros-
ecuting hate crimes cases.
The White House decision came a
day after a young man in Wyoming
pleaded guilty in the grisly murder of
a gay student last year, a case that
Jewish groups say increased public
awareness of hate crimes.
The new measure also extends
existing statutes to cover crimes based
on the victim's gender, sexual orienta-
tion or disability.
The administration had supported
the measure, but Clinton's explicit
endorsement this week may give it a
boost in the face of strong opposition
from the religious right.
The President also directed that
colleges report on hate crimes and
announced the creation of a public-
private partnership aimed at improv-
ing tolerance education for middle
school students.
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