It is to be totally unrealistic. In addition to these increases due to the economy. there is about $6.5 billion in outlays for new initiatives. These include: $2.6 billion for the energy program including synthetic fuels. $1.1 billion for military readiness. $400 million for refugees. $400 million for targeted fiscal assistance for communities hardest hit by high unemployment. and $300 million to fund a 7percent costofliving pay raise approved by the President instead of the 5.5 percent we had projected in the first resolution. Even then. we have provided a 30percent absorption rate for pay of Federal employees. Now let me say a special word about defense.
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