The breadth of social analysis revealed in the correspondence led to the Manchester Guardian issuing the budgets, alongside the original article, as a sixpenny pamphlet.
The motivators for that election were national security issues, issues concerning the budget and taxes, and issues surrounding the economy.
This is a moral issue; the budget is a moral document.
At a time when Republicans are divided on many social issues, the budget wars are one of the few things that unite them.
No one doubts, however, that when Mr. Cheney is in meetings on security issues, the budget or any other subject, he will have extraordinary authority.
Mr. Perry is unlikely to call lawmakers back for a special session on redistricting alone, aides say, although it could get added if some other issue — the budget, for instance — forces lawmakers into overtime this summer.
Still, on the big issues, the budget and the war, Congress (to the frustration of many critics) has given Gates — and, by extension, Bush — pretty much everything he has asked for.
Apart from the nonprofit issue, the budget bills would reduce funding for one of the commission's research projects from $150 million to $35 million.
But the real issue is the budget.
The second issue is the budget for the tax year that begins on April 1st.
