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With his contract done more than a week before he expected, Reggie Bush scrambled to get to the New Orleans Saints' training camp Monday evening.
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President Bush, anticipating that his veto of a $35 billion spending increase for children's insurance will stand, has assigned three top advisers to try to negotiate a new deal with Congress.
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President Bush burned through more than half of his &#36;75 million government grant to cover his general-election campaign costs in September, leaving him with just under &#36;37 million left for the final month before the Nov. 2 election.
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Just in time for the election, President Bush is going to one of the most contested states to sign his fourth tax cut in four years.
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With oil near &#36;50 a barrel, the Bush administration said on Thursday it would negotiate with refineries that want to borrow oil from the federal emergency stockpile to offset supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.
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The team raising money for President Bush's inaugural festivities plans to raise &#36;40 million to &#36;50 million, with much of the money coming from six-figure donors.
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President Bush continued to lay the groundwork for a strong effort by the White House to overhaul Social Security.
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KIEV  - A U.S. development agency signed contracts worth &#36;40 million US on Monday to boost the housing industry and small business in Ukraine and said it is prepared to spend up to &#36;2 billion in the former Soviet republic, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
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Washington -- The White House and lawmakers are getting close to agreement on a $388 billion spending measure that could be ready for votes Friday.
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Congress is ready to send President Bush an &#36;800 billion debt limit increase, a testament to the massive federal deficits that have marked his administration.
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Reggie Bush agreed to a six-year deal with the New Orleans Saints on Saturday night and the Heisman Trophy winner will report to training camp Sunday, The Associated Press has learned.
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The contract will be initially valued at $80 million instead of the $2 billion estimate given for the six-year deal, officials said.
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President Bush is asking Congress for &#36;82 billion to cover the costs of ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and a myriad of other internationally related expenses, such as training Iraqi security forces, aiding tsunami victims and helping military forces in other nations.
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The White House and U.S. lawmakers were pushing on Wednesday to reach a deal on an election-year economic package that President George W. Bush said would be "robust" enough to lift the economy out of the doldrums.
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Congressional leaders and the White House reached a tentative deal on a package that would pay stipends of $300 to $1,200 per family and provide tax incentives for businesses.
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President Bush's 2008 budget request includes $624.6 billion in defense spending and marks the first time he has offered an estimate of how much the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost a year in advance.
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President Bush will ask Congress for &#36;419.3 billion for the Pentagon for next year, 4.8 percent more than this year's spending, as the administration seeks to beef up and reshape the Army and Marine Corps for fighting terrorism.