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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2002

Secretary of Treasury Paul O'Neill got choked up and was moved to tears as he and Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) got into a fight over who grew up more poor during a budget hearing on Thursday.

O'Neill, however, told reporters after the Senate Budget Committee hearing that he was not about to cry. "That was fire," he was quoted as saying.

The spat began when Byrd, the chairman of the committee, chided President Bush's fiscal year 2003 budget. The book itself contains critiques of Congressional pork project and a veiled barb at a rule in the Senate known as the Byrd rule.

Get the Story:
Byrd Vs. O'Neill: Budget Battle Turns Personal (The Washington Post 2/8)
Treasury Secretary O'Neill struggles with emotion in fiery exchange with Sen. Byrd (AP 2/7)

Get the Budget:
Budget of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2003 (White House OMB)

Relevant Links:
Office of Management and Budget - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb

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