Wednesday, August 29, 2001
By Kelley O. Beaucar
WASHINGTON ' The president returns to Washington this week to more shark-infested waters than the coast of Florida.
Democrats are sniffing blood, following two reports that the federal surplus is smaller than previous estimates and speculation that the White House might have to tap into the Social Security surplus to pay for its budget this year.
But critics of both parties say lawmakers might look a little closer to home before pointing fingers across the aisle at the billions in pork-barrel projects and corporate subsidies squeezed into the federal budget each year.