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.
Take up the White Manâs burdenâ âSend forth the best ye breedâ Before discussing the reasons for this sudden renewed interest in Kiplingâs âWhite Manâs Burden,â it is necessary to provide some background on the history of U.S. imperialism in order to put the poem in context. From the Spanish-American War to the Philippine-American War