--press release of the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Sept. 30, 1999.

Perhaps the least painful alternative is the one suggested by Isaac Shapiro and Robert Greenstein, analysts at the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.

In 2003, Agrast joined the liberal Center for American Progress public policy research and advocacy organization as senior vice president for domestic policy.

But Robert Greenstein, executive director of the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, estimates that tighter procedures already in place have cut this error rate in half.

The notes eventually ended up in the hands of the liberal Center for American Progress, which has been only too happy to provide copies.

Robert Greenstein, a former Clinton Administration official who heads the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, wholly agrees.

The liberal Center for American Progress has criticized the NCFM for its stance on the issue.

Jonathan Bowles, research director for the more liberal Center for an Urban Future, tends to agree.

In February 1996, the liberal Center for Public Integrity issued a report that claimed Pratt spoke at meetings organized by white supremacist and militia leaders.

"The Clinton Administration has not made its case very well," said Robert White, a former ambassador to El Salvador who is president of the generally liberal Center for International Policy.