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We were still walking a tightrope, but I was optimistic. On December 2, Mike Espy was acquitted on all charges brought against him by independent counsel Donald Smaltz. be; second, the plan was the best Hillary and Ira could do, given the charge from me: universal coverage without a tax increase; and It was bad enough that I was going back on my commitment to cut middle-class taxes; now I was told we had to raise them,

After the tax presentation, Roger Altman and Larry Summers argued for a short-term stimulus package to go with the deficit-reduction plan. He hauled Hillary’s staff and friends before the committee for bullying questioning and ad hominem attacks. ” He asked me about my reaction to the “what might have been” assessment. next, and the C the last, then listing under each goal specific activities designed to achieve them.