White House Opposes Democratic Plan for Medicare Price Freeze
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The Bush administration came out today in opposition to Democratic proposals to hold down the scheduled 17 percent increase in Medicare premiums next year, saying that
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President Bush today rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats to renew the popular State Children's Health Insurance program.
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LANDOVER, Maryland  - A veto threat by President George W. Bush over a measure to expand a government health program for children triggered outrage on Wednesday from congressional Democrats and advocacy groups.
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It sounded simple enough on the campaign trail: Free the government to negotiate lower drug prices and use the savings to plug a big gap in Medicare's new prescription-drug benefit. But as Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, they are struggling to keep that promise without wrecking a...
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House Democrats on Thursday failed to override President Bush's veto of their pre-election year effort to expand a popular government health insurance program to cover 10 million children
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The White House opposes plans by European nations to require airlines to curb greenhouse gases, saying it would unfairly disadvantage U.S. carriers.
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President Bush will veto the defense authorization bill because of Iraq's concerns that the legislation could hinder redevelopment efforts by freezing the country's assets while courts deal with claims from victims of Saddam Hussein suing Iraq under U.S. law, the White House announced today.
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Rising cost projections for the new  Medicare drug benefit alarmed U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday and  set off renewed calls to restrain spiraling drug prices and  allow pharmaceutical imports from Canada.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush, in his the final budget, will propose a $3 trillion plan that would freeze or cut Medicare and other domestic programs and will touch off election-year battles with Congress.
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Democrat John Kerry criticized President George W. Bush on Saturday for burying a record jump in Medicare premiums in a pre-holiday announcement that came during a rush of news at home and abroad.
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Democrats may try to override a decision by President Bush to leave stopgap children's health insurance money out of his 2007 emergency war spending proposal.
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House Democratic leaders failed again on Wednesday to override President Bushâs veto of a bill to expand a popular childrenâs health insurance program.
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In the face of mounting Congressional concern about the projected costs of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, President Bush today vowed to veto any attempts to limit it.
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A Democratic plan to sharply boost the Homeland Security Department budget ran into a stern White House veto promise Tuesday as House debate loomed on the first of a dozen annual spending bills.
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The ruling was the first application of a restrictive new White House policy regarding public health insurance that has drawn ferocious criticism from Democrats.
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Senate Democrats are calling the White House's bluff on a threatened veto of an energy bill by refusing to take out language that would remove tax breaks for big oil and gas companies.
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Democrats accused President Bush on  Saturday of trying to scare Americans into believing the Social  Security retirement system is in crisis to build support for  his private investment account plan.