ational THE BATTALION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1981 Page 13 Senate leaders work on new funding plan United Press International WASHINGTON — With a ten tative agreement in hand, admi nistration officials and Senate leaders are fine tuning a funding plan they hope will avert a repeat of last month’s partial government shutdown. “I think it will fly, ” said Senate Appropriations Chairman Mark Hatfield, R-Ore. “But that’s only my personal observation.” Hatfield said representatives of the administration and Senate leadership Wednesday reached the tentative accord that would fund the government when emergency appropriations expire Dec. 15. He said the document was drawn up at the staff leval after three days of negotiations. But, he stressed it was “only a technical draft not locked into concrete.” The plan was to be presented to key Republican senators Thursday. It was drawn up by House and Senate Republican staff members and budget director David Stock- man. It would cut about $4 billion from domestic spending programs for the remainder of the current 1982 fiscal year that ends Oct. 1. Unless Congress approves a stopgap funding bill by Dec. 15, the government will again be out of money — the way it was last month that forced a one-day, par tial shutdown of the government. The crisis occurred when Presi dent Reagan vetoed a funding bill covering the rest of fiscal 1982 be cause he believed it did not cut federal spending enough. With the government technically out of money, Reagan shut down the “non-essential” parts of the gov ernment for a few hours Nov. 23. Congress and Reagan then agreed to extend the deadline un til Dec. 15 to give the lawmakers time to develop a new plan. Hatfield said the new proposal calls for about $4 billion in domes tic spending cuts “in a selective yet across-the-board manner” through the remainder of the fiscal year. Defense spending and most “entitlement” benefits, like Social Security, would be exempt from the cuts. Hatfield could not guarantee that the president would sign such a bill but he said Stockman has participated and feels the docu ment is worth pursuing. Hatfield said the draft docu ment was “the first step in extra diting ourselves from the current circumstances” of funding the goverment through so called “con tinuing resolutions.” Reagan has criticized that practice. Hatfield said he hoped the proposal would help get the appropriations process back on track and called the draft “a very encouraging first step.” Keep it up! .M S C. Staff photo by Daniel Sanders ii r ir eft Cooper, left, a freshman pre-dentistry major from louston, Bob May, center, a freshman general studies lor rom Houston, and Jay Hightower, a sophomore accounting major from League City, are all playing a fast-growing game called hackysack. The object is to keep the ball in the air using only your feet. 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