Bush Inaugural Committee Takes in &#36;25.5M
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The team raising money for next week's festivities marking President Bush's inauguration has taken in &#36;25.5 million, mostly in donations from corporations, it reported Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- Hoping to cement a positive part of his legacy, President Bush yesterday asked Congress to double the funding of the US global AIDS program to $30 billion over five years, which sets goals of helping support AIDS treatment of 2.5 million people.
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President Bush asked Congress Tuesday for an additional &#36;691 million to aid victims of hurricanes and other natural disasters as the election-year price tag for recent emergencies surged toward &#36;13 billion.
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More than &#36;8 million has been donated by corporations and individuals to fund President Bush's reinauguration ceremonies, according to figures released Thursday.
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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 Republican committee working to retain GOP control of the House has $36 million in the bank going into the final stretch of the congressional campaign.
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OVERVIEW: In his 2006 budget request of some &#36;2.5 trillion going to Congress on Monday, President Bush will propose holding down growth in defense spending and cutting dollars for some domestic programs to cope with large deficits.
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President George W. Bush selected Ken Mehlman, his campaign manager, to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Mehlman, 38, who earlier worked as the White House director
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The Bush administration's global AIDS plan has helped put at least 25,000 people on antiretroviral therapy since it began disbursing money in February to organizations and governments in 15 targeted countries.
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President Bush asked Congress today to increase the commitment to $30 billion over a five-year period.
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President Bush, who has pledged &#36;350 million in U.S. aid to help victims of Asian countries ravaged by the tsunami, has contributed &#36;10,000 from his personal funds to the relief effort, his spokesman said Wednesday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Congress Wednesday to approve the Bush administration's request for &#36;5.8 billion to fight terrorism and the slightly more than &#36;1 billion to help bankroll United Nations' peacekeeping missions around the world.
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Tech industry political action committees and employees from computer and Internet companies have contributed just over $1.6 million to President George Bush, and almost the same amount to Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry.
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Some Republicans are upset that the White House has nominated only 25 people to fill the 47 vacancies now on the federal judiciary. Not to worry. If history is any guide, President Bush can nominate as many people as he wants, but most of them will not don the black robes anytime soon.
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President Bush's inaugural committee is seeking to raise more than $40 million, a record.
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It will take President Bush less than a minute to take the oath of office next Thursday, but before the inaugural events are over some &#36;40 million may be spent on parades, parties and pyrotechnics.
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President Bush is asking Congress for &#36;2.52 billion in military and economic aid for Israel and &#36;350 million to help the Palestinian economy and security forces.