Show A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday March 7 2002 Nation In brief Q v-cvV- ' Bush backtracks on minimum wage protections for welfare recipients WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration said Wednesday that welfare recipients who are required to take community service jobs would be entitled to the minimum wage backtracking on one controversial element of its welfare plan Under the welfare plan unveiled last week the administration made it clear that these jobs should not be covered by minimum wage and other worker protections laws But on Wednesday Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said in a statement that “this administration has absolutely no intention of abandoning those Very important protections" “President Bush and J will insist that welfare recipients receive at least the minimum wage for the hours that they work including community service jobs" Thompson said atom Atoalystt somimSs (fefficitt WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush's budget would dig a deeper deficit next year than die White House claims and tap $18 trillion in Social Security surpluses for other programs over the next decade Congress’ top fiscal analyst said Wednesday Both political parties immediately drew the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s repent into their election-yefight over Bush’s plans to cut taxes and boost spending fin defense and domestic ar security Democrats said the analysis underlined the need to “restrain spending and tax cuts" while Republicans said it showed ' the budget’s condition will improve as the recession fades “You bring us rather good news” Sen Pete Domenici told CBO Director Dan Crippen who presented his agency’s report to die Senate Budget Committee Though the economy has shown signs of regaining strength Crippen said Bush’s budget would create a deficit next year of $121 billion — $41 billion worse than Bush has projected Hie chief difference is that CBO believes the government will collect less revenue next year than the White House has forecast Crippen said Bush’s proposal — which Congress is only beginning to work on — would begin generating annual surpluses in 2003 yielding a total surplus of $681 billion from 2003 through 2012 the report said The figures assume the president's tax and spending plans become law That is in contrast to Bush’s estimate of sunrius The major a $1 trillion discrepancy is mat CBO believes Medicare spending will be higher than foe White House has estimated The report also predicted a $90 billion deficit under Bush’s budget for fiscal 2002 which runs through next Sept 30 R-N- M i 10-ye- ar ' The White House has estimated this year’s deficit at $106 billion Either figure would end a string of four straight yean of surpluses Condit loses in Democratic primary Astronauts accomplish risky Hubble ‘transplant’ MODESTO Calif (AP) — From the moment his name was linked with a missing intern Rep Gary Condit refused to follow conventional political wisdom He didn’t apologize to his constituents or go on TV with a tearful explanation He didn't even comment publicly for months And he didn’t quit He ran for even after his own party sacrificed “Condit Country” by redrawing the state's political map Forty percent of the people in the new 1 8th Congressional District had never seen Condit’s name on a ballot On Tuesday those voters delivered their verdict pin the son of a preacher who insisted up until Election Day that he had conducted himself as a gentleman They handed a landslide victory in the Democratic primary to Condit’s former friend and protege Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza CAPE CANAVERAL Fla (AP) — TVyo spacewalking astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a new central power unit in a risky “heart transplant” Wednesday that ended with the patient surging : ' back to fife In order to pull off the surgery NASA had to turn off the observatory for the first time in orbit A tense four hours and 23 minutes after Hubble went dead electricity was sent to the newly installed unit “A postoperative' report: We have a heartbeat” Miriion Control informed space shut- tie Columbia’s relieved astronauts The telescope's old power control box had a loose smew that caused it to malfunction on and off But putting in a new unit amounted to the riskiest repair job ever attempted on Hubble: The unit was never meant to be replaced tAadonce NASA turned off : Hubble there was ttognanUptee ft Could get thettlescopd working again ' As a result ihe seVen-hoa was spacewalk experience for NASA “A lot of emotion has been invested into this in both the ’ hopes that it will work and the fedrs that it migltt not” flight director Bryan Austin said 1 Expert testifies in H Rap Brown case ATLANTA (AP) — A wounded sheriffs deputy likely was disoriented by painkillers when he identified the former black-pow- er radical once known as H Rap Brown as the gunman who shot him and killed his partner a toxicology expert testified Wednesday Fulton County Deputy Aldranon English would have been confused by the moiphine and other drugs given to him in a from a photo hospital when he selected Jamil Abdullah lineup said Dr David Benjamin is chaiged with murder in the death of Deputy Ricky Kinchen and aggravated assault in the wounding of English in Atlanta's West End neighborhood Defense attorneys also called a 9 11 operator who took several calls on the night of the shooting In one call about 90 minutes after the shooting the caller said a bleeding man was “begging for a ride" arid that the man might have bran involved in the was uninjured shooting operator Helen Lane testified when he was captured in Alabama four days after the shooting Al-Am- in in Al-Arh- in Romney polls Massachusetts voters ' BOSTON (AP) — Winter Olympics chief Mitt Romney com- -' missioned a poll of Massachusetts voters to help himdecide if he should challenge acting Gov Jane M Swift a friend of I Romney’s said on Wednesday in The poll is Romney’s first action a potential campaign Romney a Republican businessman with a home wanted to see how he stacked up against Swift and several Democratic candidates The telephone poll of voters around the state was conducted late last week and Romney saw the results while in Boston over the weekend the friend said on condition he not be named “ Romney returned to Salt Lake City this week for the Para- lympics for physically challenged athletes around the world He is expected to make a decision shortly after the games end on March 16 Swift- who has said she would defeat Romney in a primary said on Wednesday she has no indication of whether Romney will run “I’m not a reader of tea leaves" she said ' - VAP photo v Ed McMahprv righL'dRainacPchrnan and longtime' aideldck to lalo-fligTYtJHyiny Cartori uttered hi famous Sto’Here’a Johnoyr again on Wednesday to introduce Attorney' General John Ashcroft left during a news conference a the Justice Department in Washington to announce $19 minion in federal 10 O'811 pandnalghboitiood watch 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