Bush sharpens budget attack on Democrats
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Escalating a budget battle with Democrats who control Congress, President George W. Bush accused them on Saturday of pushing tax-and-spend policies and renewed his veto threat.
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President Bush unveiled a $2.9 trillion budget Monday that rewards the Pentagon with a record $50 billion budget hike but pinches programs cherished by Democrats, including health research and heating subsidies for the poor.
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President George W. Bush said on  Saturday his upcoming budget proposal would emphasize restraint  on domestic spending while making defense and war costs for  Iraq and Afghanistan the top priority.
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WILKES BARRE, Pa. - President Bush, in biting criticism of his Democratic challenger, said Wednesday that Sen...
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On a cash-raising trip for Republicans, President Bush said Thursday that Americans will have less money in their pockets if Democrats win control of Congress.
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Administration officials dispatched to Capitol Hill to defend President Bush's budget received a frosty reception yesterday from congressional Democrats, who argued that the president's proposal to target health care, education and other Democratic priorities suggests a White House more interested in scoring political points than in genuine compromise....
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resident Bush sent a $2.9 trillion spending plan to a Democratic-controlled Congress on Monday, proposing to spend billions more to fight the war in Iraq while squeezing the rest of government to meet his goal of eliminating the deficit
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Political and fiscal constraints will make it hard for Democratic critics of the presidentâs budget to assert their priorities.
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President Bush, ratcheting up a fight with Congress over Iraq, accused Democrats on Friday of conducting a political debate on the war while delaying action on money to upgrade equipment and give troops a pay raise.
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President Bush is launching a focus on Western battlegrounds with no sign that the biting rhetoric he has aimed at Democratic challenger John Kerry in recent days is as aggressive as it's going to get.
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Congressional Democrats hit President Bush on Wednesday for his Iraq policies and planned Social Security overhaul, hoping a vigorous response to his State of the Union speech will fuel a turnabout from their election setbacks last fall.
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KANSAS CITY -- President George W. Bush says John Kerry&#39;s latest attacks over Iraq have taken on the angry tone of his primary foe Howard Dean.
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President Bush took aim yesterday at domestic spending as part of a plan to balance the budget in five years without raising taxes while increasing funding for the Iraq war and permanently expanding the military.
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Democrats and Republicans clashed over deficits and tax cuts Thursday as Congress moved toward sending President Bush an $800 billion boost in the government&#39;s debt limit.
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President Bush said on Wednesday  that his fiscal 2006 budget would slash or eliminate more than  150 government programs, and hold spending growth for many  other programs at below the rate of inflation.
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President George W. Bush sought to put tax reform at the center of the US presidential election debate as the Democrats try to exploit weaknesses in the government's economic record.
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Democrats criticized President Bush's record on national security and military matters Monday, seizing on the president's comment that he doesn't think the fight against terrorism can be won.