Snow Sees Spending Slashed in '06 Budget
104627
The Bush administration will seek to slash government spending next year, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Sunday, but he was less specific than the president in predicting how quickly the deficit would fall.
566129
The nation's budget deficit will drop to $205 billion in the fiscal year that ends in September, even as a worsening deficit picture for future years makes it more difficult for President Bush to meet his pledge of a surplus by 2012.
452087
Treasury Secretary John Snow, in Florida for the fifth time this year, rebuffed suggestions on Wednesday he was using taxpayer dollars to fund trips to hotly contested electoral states.
595437
The nation's budget deficit will drop to $205 billion in the fiscal year that ends in September, less than half of what it was at its peak in 2004
264125
Treasury Secretary John Snow pledged to reduce the U.S. budget deficit, blamed by Europeans for the euro s gains against the dollar and cited as a risk to global growth by ministers from 20 industrial and ...
41162
WASHINGTON -- The nation's budget deficit will drop to $205 billion in the fiscal year that ends in September, less than half of what it was at its peak in 2004, according to new White House estimates.
217606
US President George W Bush says his forthcoming budget plans will seek to curb domestic spending.
411262
The US government budget has become a ``cookie jar&#39;&#39; for lawmakers over the past four years, with taxpayer funds spent in some cases for ``political reasons,&#39;&#39; Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies said.
687245
US Treasury Secretary John Snow defends the White House's budget plans and tax cuts to a key congressional committee.
80130
The US budget deficit is set to hit a worse-than-expected $368bn this year, excluding war costs.
391691
Skeptical lawmakers yesterday demanded a detailed accounting of how Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to spend $6 billion in supplemental funds that the administration has asked for the State Department this year, much of it for Iraq and Afghanistan.
427631
President Bush proposed a &#36;2.57 trillion budget Monday that would erase scores of programs and slice Medicaid, disabled housing and many more but still worsen federal deficits by &#36;42 billion over the next five years.
414801
US President George W Bush says his forthcoming budget plans will seek to curb on domestic spending.
304889
U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said  on Wednesday that cutting a record budget deficit was a top  priority for the second-term Bush administration and challenged  Europe to play its part in helping trim the U.S. trade gap by  boosting its own economic growth.
458918
Metro faces a $116 million budget shortfall the next fiscal year, raising the possibility of fare increases, reduced bus and rail service and higher contributions from area taxpayers, according to budget documents and interviews with board members.
55504
US President George W. Bush plans to cut spending in his upcoming budget, not just trim the rate of growth in government outlays, Treasury Secretary John Snow said Sunday.
734255
Setting priorities for next year, the White House said Friday President Bush will push to cut back on the thousands of home-state projects that lawmakers slip into spending bills.