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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (158736)	7/23/2003 5:19:33 PM
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called "fiscally very conservative"... www4.fosters.com "He’s socially progressive on issues of human rights and all the social issues and he’s fiscally very conservative. To me, that makes him a moderate," said former Sen. Nancy Chard, a member of the DLC who was chairwoman of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee during some of the years that Dean was pushing the Legislature to expand access to health care. and more... Throughout, he held a tight rein on state spending, repeatedly clashing with the Democrats who controlled the Legislature for most of his years as governor. Dean trimmed spending or held down increases in areas held dear by the liberals. More than once, Dean went to battle over whether individual welfare benefits should rise under automatic cost of living adjustments. Liberals were particularly incensed when he tried that tactic on a program serving the blind, disabled and elderly, which he did several times. Dean turned often to the bully pulpit to belittle and berate them. Last year, in a news conference tirade that was typical of his budget feuds with the Legislature, Dean lambasted the Senate. "The Senate budget is in la-la land," Dean said last May. "They’re pretending there is no recession." In the end, he got his way and proposed spending was cut before the budget was enacted.