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His book echoes Thomas Frank's "What's the Matter With Kansas?" when he says rural residents are wont to "embrace martyrdom," complaining they pay the bills for Democratic spending.

Because of the ill-advised tax cut enacted earlier in the year, there is no room for Democratic spending initiatives without tapping funds generated by Social Security and Medicare taxes.

* Second strong month for Democratic spending groups.

WASHINGTON — The White House and Senate Republicans sorted through stubborn disputes over taxing the wealthy and cutting the budget to pay for Democratic spending proposals as Monday's midnight deadline for an accord avoiding the "fiscal cliff" drew to within hours.

The first is that the problem with the original stimulus plan is that the money has not been spent fast enough (mainly because too much of it went for pent up Democratic spending priorities rather than "shovel-ready" projects).

Democrats point to the relatively moderate spending during the Clinton administration as evidence that theirs is the party of fiscal discipline, while Republicans say they deserve credit for restraining the Democratic spending once they took control of Congress.

It resulted in a measure that came under fire from Republicans and even some Democrats for focusing too heavily on traditional Democratic spending priorities, and it had to be stripped of some initiatives like contraception and restoring the National Mall after critics highlighted the spending.

The country is simply fed up with Democratic spending.

Officials said Wednesday's negotiating session was unusually tense as Democrats sought to get Republicans to commit to some revenue increases in exchange for Democratic concessions on spending cuts.

Mr. Mugabe, who has ruled for 29 years, is now governing with his rival, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, who spent the past three weeks in Western capitals seeking assistance for Zimbabwe's devastated economy.

The battle to confirm Gorsuch is reopening wounds for Democratic senators, who spent nearly a year trying to get a confirmation hearing for former President Barack Obama's nominee to the court, Merrick Garland.