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...Running surpluses without a debt, Greenspan warned, would result in the "longer-term fiscal policy issue" of a government paying off its debt, particularly long-term Treasury bonds, before the bonds mature - costing it extra money by buying back those securities from private investors before they mature. Which is very expensive - better to buy back only matured bonds, which won't be possible until at least...
...Ranking Democratic committee member Patrick Leahy, in conjunction with other committee Democrats, used a perfectly legal but intentionally frustrating stall tactic, asking for an extra week to consider Ashcroft's nomination before calling a committee vote. The stay conveniently provides Dems with a chance to dig up more information on the nominee, which they hope will in turn stoke the flames of support for a filibuster, which some Democrats, notably Edward Kennedy, consider a real possibility once the nomination reaches the Capitol floor...
...many Democrats are considering giving him the green light - although West Virginia's Robert Byrd, Georgia's Zell Miller and North Dakota's Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan have all expressed their intentions to confirm. One Democrat on the committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, doesn't need the extra week to make up her mind about Ashcroft; she has already announced her opposition to the nominee, citing his "ultra-right-wing" record on hot-button issues like civil rights, school prayer and abortion...
...qualification test is part of a department-wide competition. The three highest scorers in the department will receive an extra vacation day, and competition is tough...
...guide it and make it somehow better. Indeed, for four years, we are all caught up in something momentous, even if that something becomes a little mundane after we've been here for a while. For me, at least, at the end of it all, having had a few extra months to look back and reflect, I feel a sense of wonder at having been here, and when I think back upon the past four years, I am filled with an overwhelming sense of gratitude for how lucky I am to have called this place home...