Mexico budget bill to seek army pay raise: Calderon
529691
Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, said on Saturday his first budget bill next week would seek pay hikes for the military despite his planned austerity drive.
548244
Mexican President Felipe Calderon Sunday demanded the United States surrender its sovereignty, abandon the rule of law and accede to Mexico's inherent supremacy.
93345
Felipe Calderon&#039;s slim lead in Mexico&#039;s presidential race was called into question as an official recount of vote tallies showed his leftist opponent slightly ahead late Wednesday. However, Calderon insisted he had won and even offered to include his rival in his Cabinet.
514087
Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon defied leftist protesters on Thursday by vowing to hold his inauguration in Congress, risking clashes with lawmakers who claim he stole the July election with fraud.
445261
President Vicente Fox is determined   to lead Mexico's independence celebrations on Friday, setting   up a possible clash with leftist political foes who have taken   over the capital's main square.
326506
Mexico&#39;s government said its plan to reduce inflation and foster economic growth by cutting electricity rates and import duties will cost 4 billion pesos ($353 million) in revenue next year.
623106
Conservative Felipe Calderon pledged Sunday to win Mexico&#039;s closely fought presidential election by a solid margin, insisting he is the safe option against a vindictive and radical leftist rival.
700040
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Friday named a single commander for two federal police agencies and appointed a former peace negotiator with the Zapatista rebels as head of Indian affairs.
442326
House leaders have added legislation raising the federal minimum wage to an emergency spending bill for the Iraq war. They hope to break a logjam with the Senate over the wage bill, a top Democratic priority that was once seen on Capitol Hill as a relatively easy compromise.
374099
Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon named a hard-line conservative for interior minister on Tuesday and lawmakers brawled in Congress in a deepening political crisis days before Calderon takes power.
209166
President Felipe Calderon proposed Monday that Mexico test thousands of students in public schools for drugs as part of the nation's fight against drug trafficking.
444593
President Felipe Calderon's approval rating rose to a sturdy 65 percent in a newspaper poll on Friday, and Mexicans resoundingly backed his use of the army to fight violent drug gangs.
629345
Felipe Calderon took over as Mexico's president on Friday and pleaded for an end to months of unrest over his narrow election win, but a huge brawl erupted in Congress where leftist opponents vowed to block him from taking the formal oath of office.
174362
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Wednesday he wants to phase out the army's role in fighting drug traffickers as the country works to reform its notoriously corrupt police forces.
548567
President Felipe Calderon praised on Thursday a new law that obligates federal and local authorities to prevent, punish and eradicate violence against women, and he promised a "relentless" fight against gender-related abuse.
132709
The House plans to pass as early as Wednesday a new defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for troops.
712127
The Senate voted Tuesday to approve a revised defense bill authorizing a 3.5 percent pay raise for troops while sidestepping a veto showdown with President Bush.