Agreement Reached on Landmark Budget

Washington (NBp) - With the budget already three weeks late and partisan bickering showing no end in sight, President Clinton and Republican leaders of Congress announced that they had reached an agreement on the budget. After hours of arguing, Clinton reportedly grabbed a napkin and had jotted down a new budget plan in 15 minutes.

"My fellow Americans, we had a job to do today," announced Clinton. "Our job was to find a way to spend your hard earned money. We think we found the right way, the way that makes sense."

The one page budget document is the smallest document in history, but covered a record $1.8 trillion. NBp has acquired an advance copy of the document, but we won't say who from.

The final budget document that is headed to Congress for approval.

"I think that sometimes people can get so caught up in the details that they miss the big picture," explained Clinton when asked how he devised the new budget so quickly. "You can see that even with this budget, there were compromises to be made. But, we got the programs that we wanted and did not have to touch Social Security."

US Government analyst Richard Kerplotnick was pleased with the just-announced budget. "It is encouraging to see the budget for 'other stuff' finally get its due. And the fact that they didn't have to sacrifice taters for tots is a real boon."

Despite minor grumblings from Congress about the Congressional allocation, the budget is expected to easily be ratified by Congress.