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.
White was in a dilemma. He was needed both to ensure the timely delivery of supplies and to govern the colony. On 25 August the colonists put their request in writing and Governor White agreed to sail. Presumably, the seven assistants who remained on Roanoke Island were left in charge of the colony during White's absence.