Bush Optimistic on Stimulus Package Collaboration
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President Bush today opened talks with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders on an economic stimulus package and said he was optimistic that he and lawmakers could find "common ground" on measures aimed at heading off a U.S. recession.
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An economy with blue skies, happy workers and prosperity for all, just around the corner. That's the sunny picture painted Wednesday at President Bush's economic conference, where nary a discouraging word was uttered and Bush's second-term priorities were resoundingly praised. In reality, Bush will have a hard time getting any of his major proposals through a skeptical Congress.
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President Bush on Monday applauded what he called a promising sign of political progress by Iraqi leaders who said they had found common ground on some issues standing in the way of reconciliation.
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House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) vowed today to reach accord with congressional Republicans and President Bush over an economic stimulus package, even snubbing his presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the interest of bipartisanship.
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U.S. lawmakers and the White House have reached a tentative deal on an economic stimulus plan, an aide close to the negotiations said on Thursday.
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Lawmakers and President Bush hope that tax breaks for businesses and rebates for taxpayers will promote spending.
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The White House and the Democratic-led Congress have reached a tentative deal on a $150 billion economic stimulus plan that includes tax rebates for wage earners and business investment incentives, congressional sources said on Thursday.
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President George W. Bush hopes a $150 billion economic stimulus package will avert a recession in his final year in office but he also faces another problem: worsening budget deficits.
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An agreement in the Senate appeared within reach on an economic-stimulus program on Thursday.
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President Bush makes remarks during a White House conference on the economy, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004, in Washington. The administration is hoping to build momentum for Bush&#39;s ambitious second-term agenda
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An economic stimulus package to help stave off recession is on the fast track in Congress after Democratic and Republican leaders in the House of Representatives on Wednesday reached a rare agreement to quickly pull together a bipartisan plan.
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President George W. Bush on Friday plans to call for an economic stimulus package equal to about 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, according to a White House document obtained by Reuters.
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President Bush wooed suburban swing voters Thursday with hopeful words about the economy, contending his administration is making progress for American workers and portraying rival John Kerry as a tax-and-spend Democrat.
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday said he was pleased with the six-party agreement reached with North Korea on its nuclear program.
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President Bush said on Friday he saw a "great chance" of achieving an independent Palestinian state and pledged to work with European leaders toward that goal.
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Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress reached a tentative deal with the Bush administration on tax rebates and business tax cuts.
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House Democratic and Republican leaders appeared close to agreement with the White House Wednesday night on a significantly reworked package of emergency tax cuts to jolt the economy out of its slump.