Article: The Chicago Tribune Steve Chapman column: Bush, Democrats may be the perfect match.(Column)

Byline: Steve Chapman

Dec. 3--Over the last six years, Democrats and Republicans in the nation's capital have behaved like the late coach George Allen of the Washington Redskins, whose owner lamented that Allen had an unlimited budget, yet managed to exceed it. But the Democratic takeover of Congress may have begun a new era in which the two parties compete to see who can squeeze a nickel hardest. Administration budget director Rob Portman said the other day that President Bush will not hesitate to use his veto to keep Congress from overspending. That would be a change for a president who has never vetoed a spending bill, and who has presided over a rapid ...

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