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From: LindyBill7/21/2009 12:19:01 PM
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The Missing $100 Million [John J. Miller]

You've probably heard the old line attributed to the late Everett Dirksen: A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money. One of the big Senate office buildings in D.C. is named after the guy.

Well, the Obama administration can't find a small fraction of this amount — i.e., $100 million, which doesn't qualify as "real money" in the Dirksenian sense — to cut from the federal budget, even in the wake of this year's spending splurge:

WASHINGTON (CNN) — On April 20, President Obama challenged his Cabinet to cut $100 million in spending over the next 90 days.

The deadline came — and went — without a report from the White House on whether or not that promise was fulfilled.
The Corner on National Review Online (21 July 2009)
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