"New York Times" Looks like a done deal here. Bill Frist has learned a lesson.
April 30, 2003
Republican Leaders of Congress Say They Will Strike Deal on Tax Cut
By CARL HULSE
WASHINGTON, April 29 Republican leaders of Congress said today they were ready to put a budget feud to rest and strike a deal on a tax cut, with the Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, saying his objective now was to get the largest possible tax cut.
"My goal is to grow that number as high as I possibly can," said Dr. Frist, who this month angered House Republicans by not telling them of a private Senate agreement to hold tax cuts to $350 billion while the House was approving $550 billion. Senator Frist, of Tennessee, said today he had apologized to his counterparts in the House and was ready to move on.
"The big mistake, lesson learned, is no surprises," said Dr. Frist, who met in the White House this evening with President Bush and the House speaker, Representative J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, to map legislative strategy before another White House meeting with the Republican leadership of Congress on Wednesday.
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