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Senator Charles E. Schumer and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg clashed yesterday over competing visions for rebuilding ground zero in a rare display of tension between two of the state's most powerful politicians. Mr. Bloomberg said at a City Hall news conference that they were not going to put Liberty Bonds into something that would, two or three years from now, come to a grinding halt. But Mr. Bloomberg has increasingly moved to insert himself in the debates about the rebuilding of downtown, which is largely controlled by Gov. To that end, Mr. Bloomberg also opened up another front yesterday in his critique of the progress of the ground zero rebuilding effort, saying he hoped that the people involved in the fund-raising for the memorial there were up to the ambitious task of raising what may be $1 billion for the project. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg clashed yesterday over competing visions for rebuilding ground zero in a rare display of tension between two of the state's most powerful politicians. Mr. Bloomberg immediately rejected the suggestions, after reacting to Mr. Schumer's remarks, using the more combative tone that has become a hallmark of his nascent second term. Mr. Bloomberg said at a City Hall news conference said that they are not going to put Liberty Bonds into something that would, two or three years from now, come to a grinding halt.