For Republicans, the compromise reduces funding to two of their least-favorite agencies -- the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency. Overall, federal spending would be lower than the final budget of President George W. Bush's administration.
. The White Man's Burden  is a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. It was originally published in the popular magazine McClure's in 1899, with the subtitle The United States and the Philippine Islands.
The White Manâs Burden Take up the White Manâs burdenâ Send forth the best ye breedâ Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captivesâ need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wildâ Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child.