BUDGET, MEET THY MAKER

RADICAL CHAIRMAN JOHN KASICH IS A FRIEND OF NEWT AND IS OUT TO BATTLE THE DEFICIT

What was a radical to do? For weeks, House G.O.P. freshman Sam Brownback of Kansas had been trying to find someone with seniority who would listen to the ideas that he and other new lawmakers had for going beyond the ``Contract with America.'' And for weeks, he had got the same perfunctory responses: ``Maybe later, after things settle down a bit''; ``Maybe after you've been around a bit longer''; ``Maybe Maybe Maybe '' Then Brownback got a phone call from Budget Committee chairman John Kasich. Said Kasich: ``Okay, you want to start a revolution? We'll start a revolution.''

Brownback, the freshman-class...

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