UPDATE 1-Bush touts tax cuts, aide acknowledges &#39;soft patch&#39;
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US President George W. Bush said on Saturday his tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide acknowledged that the economy hit a &quot;soft patch&quot; over the last six or eight weeks.
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US President George W. Bush signed into law a 146-billion-dollar tax cut bill in this up-for-grabs state, one month before the hotly-contested election that pits him against Democrat John Kerry.
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Seven years ago, President Bush rode into town promising tax cuts and rebates. He's heading out the same way.
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U.S. News & World Report - One issue the next president will have to deal with is whether to extend the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts that reduced tax rates on income and investments and expanded the child tax credit. U.S. News caught up with Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani last Saturday after he had just finished speaking at a &quot;tax summit&quot; campaign event in Manchester, N.H. There, Giuliani offered his case for making the Bush cuts permanent, killing the estate tax (or &quot;death tax,&quot; as he puts it), indexing the alternative minimum tax to inflation, and lowering corporate  ...
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President George W. Bush believes a short-term boost is needed to deal with the softening in the U.S. economy, the White House said on Thursday amid what it described as "mixed" economic data.
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The White House insisted on Tuesday that the timetable for President George W. Bush&#39;s proposed revamp of the tax code had not changed and Bush sees it as a top priority.
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LIMA, Ohio  - President Bush said on Saturday his  tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide  acknowledged that the economy hit a "soft patch" over the last  six or eight weeks.
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WASHINGTON - Legislation to extend several popular middle class tax cuts cleared a House-Senate conference and could be on President Bush's desk within days, handing him a major legislative victory in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign.    The $145.9 billion package marked the fourth significant tax cut package that the president has championed since taking office...
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President Bush continued his call Sunday for a simpler tax system and aides said he is considering a flat tax, which would have the same income-tax rate for most taxpayers
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WASHINGTON, Oct 2  - US President George W. Bush said Saturday he would renew some of the huge tax cuts that form a cornerstone of his economic rejuvenation policy and chided Democratic challenger John Kerry for opposing the cuts.
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President Bush said on Saturday his tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide acknowledged that the economy hit a "soft patch" over the last six or eight weeks.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Through thick and thin, President Bush has consistently extolled the virtues of lowering taxes to make the economy stronger.
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Throughout a two-day conference on the economy, President Bush and his allies extolled the virtues of his tax cuts and &quot;pro-growth&quot; policies, which they said have lifted the nation from
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DES MOINES, Iowa - President Bush signed his fourth tax cut in four years on Monday, extending three tax breaks popular with middle-class voters and reviving other tax incentives for businesses.    Bush held the bill signing ceremony at a YMCA in Iowa, one of the most contested states in this year's presidential election with Democrat John Kerry and a state Bush lost by a razor-thin margin in 2000...
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President Bush appeared quite cheery at his press conference last week. But that glow will be tested in the months ahead as he faces the task of putting America&#39;s fiscal house in order after four years of massive tax cuts and rampant overspending.
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WASHINGTON : Congress approved a 146-billion-dollar tax cut endorsed by both President George W. Bush and his rival John Kerry but criticized as a budget buster by some economists.
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New tax relief and the ability to refinance adjustable rate mortgages could help many Americans who are in danger of losing their homes, President Bush said Saturday.