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Thursday, May 06, 1993 Page: 4A QUICK WORDS: BRIEFS
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans accused President Clinton of an
“outrageous lie” Wednesday for saying they had failed to offer federal
spending cuts.
Republican after Republican took to the House floor to offer biting
condemnations of Clinton’s remark, made Tuesday night during a speech to
congressional Democrats.
The White House did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
During his speech, Clinton said he’d asked Republicans griping about the
Democratic economic plan to come up with their own spending cuts.
“We’re still waiting. … It’s time to tell the American people the truth,”
the president said.
In fact, GOP lawmakers in March put together a $430 billion package of
spending cuts. Rep. John Kasich of Ohio, the lead House Republican on budget
matters, even got a thank-you note from the president, dated April 5.
It was the second time in less than a week the GOP criticized a Clinton
statement as inaccurate.
Clinton apologized for joking remarks at a dinner, that Senate Minority
Leader Bob Dole was trying to get $23 million in federal money for a boathouse
in Kansas at the same time he was accusing the president of pork-barrel
spending.