The war on terrorism has helped run up the federal deficit, which is driving Democratic criticism of the economic stimulus plan.

He attributed much of the Democratic criticism of him as attempts at retribution.

In the Senate, most Democratic criticism has focused on the wording of the administration's proposed resolution.

Republicans discounted the Democratic criticism today, noting that much of it came from people who voted against the 1996 law.

That's slightly lower than the Administration wants but probably enough - if such growth materializes - to blunt Democratic economic criticisms.

Mr. Bush's political aides said that they would continue to rebut any Democratic criticism.

The report also rebutted Democratic criticisms that the real wages of American manufacturing workers have declined since 1980.

The Democratic criticisms, they continued, took pieces of the budget out of context.

The White House tonight dismissed the Democratic criticism as partisan sniping.

And, after weeks of Democratic criticism that the bill imposed virtually no requirements for welfare recipients to work, the Republicans came up with detailed standards.