Bush Unlikely to Fulfill Vow on Deficit, Budget Office Projects
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Almost regardless of what happens in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Bush is very unlikely to fulfill his promise of reducing the federal budget deficit by half
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U.S. President George W. Bush predicted on Tuesday that a deal could be reached with the U.S. Congress soon on a fiscal stimulus package and said it was needed to deal with "uncertainty" in the economic outlook.
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The budget that President Bush will submit to Congress today shows the federal deficit falling in each of the next four years and would produce a $61 billion surplus in 2012, administration officials said. But to get there, Bush is counting on strong economic growth, diminishing costs in the Iraq war and tight domestic spending to offset the cost of his tax cuts....
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Even if President Bush could snap his fingers and magically &quot;fix&quot; Social Security tomorrow morning, the nation would still be facing a fiscal crisis.
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With the new fiscal year just a week away, President Bush and the Democratic-controlled Congress are far from an agreement on the proper level of spending for myriad federal programs.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration urged skeptical members of Congress on Tuesday to support the president's new $2.9 trillion spending plan, arguing that the budget can be balanced without raising taxes.
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A look at some of the initiatives that President Bush is likely to push in his second term, and the unanswered questions that go with them.
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President Bush has promised to appoint "strict constructionists," but Republican presidents have largely failed to do just that.
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Record deficits are threatening our economy and future generations, but neither Bush nor Kerry are addressing that reality. Election seasons rarely produce much honest talk about budgets and taxes, but the
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President Bush on Monday said an agreement among leading Iraqi politicians is a promising sign of political progress, but that the pact on some issues that have blocked national reconciliation is not enough.
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The budget that President Bush will submit to Congress today shows the federal deficit falling in each of the next four years and would produce a $61 billion surplus in 2012, administration officials said. But to get there, Bush is counting on strong economic growth, diminishing costs in the Iraq...
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush expressed  disappointment on Sunday that an agreement on intelligence  reform collapsed in the face of Republican opposition and vowed  to renew pressure on Congress to reach a deal this year.
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On the campaign trail, belting out promises for the next four years, President Bush exudes confidence and optimism. Yet the reality of a second term is that Bush would be boxed in by many of the momentous decisions he made in the first.
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The White House is stalling on unveiling its economics plan. Smart move.
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Despite President Bush's promise to spend  $9 billion on reconstruction contracts in Iraq in the next  several months, administration and congressional officials said  on Thursday it could take more than a year to actually pay out  that much money for projects.
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President Bush pledged yesterday to work with Congress to reduce the government&#39;s huge budget deficit as a key step in assuring the world that his administration supports a strong dollar.
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Despite President Bush's promise to spend  $9 billion on reconstruction contracts in Iraq in coming  months, administration and congressional officials said on  Thursday it could take more than a year to pay out that much  money.