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To: AK2004 who wrote (207824)	10/20/2004 4:59:08 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574349

re: yep, would be good if you would produce specifics rather than standard "by lying to congress" Here you go: For the Bush administration, the key issue was keeping Foster's analysis, which showed that the then-pending Medicare drug bill would cost $500 billion to $600 billion over the first 10 years, from critical Democrats. That was far more than the $395 billion estimated by the Congressional Budget Office and touted by the White House. In March, Knight Ridder reported exclusively that Foster nearly resigned in protest after Scully directed him to withhold cost estimates and other information sought by members of Congress who were drafting the Medicare legislation. Foster's figures threatened the passage of the White House-backed bill because 13 House Republicans had vowed to vote against it if it cost more than $400 billion. The bill initially passed the House by one vote in June 2003. A House-Senate compromise passed by five votes last November. realcities.com