Lawmakers OK budget as recess begins
Lawmakers wrapped up three months of work by approving a fiscal 2001 budget with modest tax cuts and education boosts, while preserving Social Security funds. The House and Senate plan a light, noncontroversial agenda ahead of the election, with Medicare prescription drug coverage funded and a pennant around the surplus untouched.
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IMF Officials Defend Globalization Amid Protests in Washington
IMF Acting Director Stanley Fischer and Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers defended freer trade and global economic integration as a path out of poverty. Demonstrators outside the IMF World Bank meetings criticized globalization, while police reported no arrests at the National Press Club as Mike Moore spoke.
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Bush Holds Meeting With Gay Leaders
George W. Bush met with a dozen openly gay leaders in Austin, saying being gay would not disqualify a person from serving in his administration. He affirmed he has not changed stance on gay marriage and adoption while stressing job ability and shared philosophy as the criteria.
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