Tax-Cut Bill Draws White House Doubts
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The Bush administration yesterday raised serious objections about congressional efforts to approve a corporate tax-cut bill this week, warning that the Republican-backed
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Democratic Congressional leaders on Friday offered the first concessions in a fight with President Bush over a spending bill for Iraq, but the White House turned them down
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With House-Senate negotiators scheduled to start resolving major differences in two bills to restructure the nation's intelligence community, the White House has criticized key portions of each plan.
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Key Republicans in Congress on  Sunday questioned White House assertions that the Social  Security system was in crisis, one of President Bush's  justifications for acting now on private accounts, and said new  taxes should be considered.
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Lawmakers and White House budget bargainers whittled their differences to a handful, fueling hopes Congress can speed an overdue &#36;388 billion bill to President Bush that finances most federal agencies.
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The looming political battle over  how to reform the tangled U.S. income tax code could get ugly.  But one option, a tax aimed at boosting savings, holds promise.
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A $388 billion government-wide spending bill, passed by Congress on Saturday, was stranded on Capitol Hill yesterday, its trip to the White House on hold as embarrassed Republicans
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House-Senate negotiators late Wednesday approved extending three popular middle class tax cuts and Republicans, anxious to get the bill to President Bush, predicted swift passage in both chambers of Congress. The conference panel approved the bill after overriding objections from Democrats who said the tax cuts should be paid for by tax increases in other areas, limiting its impact on the government soaring budget deficit.
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House members are about to learn whether some nips and tucks to a children's health bill will be enough to secure a veto-proof margin against a White House that wants major surgery
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A White House-backed bill to revamp immigration laws stalled in the Senate on Thursday, handing President George W. Bush a major legislative setback
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White House plans to share the pain of budget cuts
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WASHINGTON - House-Senate negotiators late Wednesday approved extending three popular middle class tax cuts and Republicans, anxious to get the bill to President Bush, predicted swift passage in both chambers of Congress.    The conference panel approved the bill after overriding objections from Democrats who said the tax cuts should be paid for by tax increases in other areas, limiting its impact on the government soaring budget deficit...
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WASHINGTON - With lopsided margins in both houses, Congress gave President Bush his fourth tax cut in four years, extending three popular middle-class tax breaks and reviving some expired business tax incentives just six weeks before the election.    Many Democrats complained during the debate Thursday that majority Republicans who control Congress should have offset the lost revenue to keep the nation's soaring deficits from getting worse...
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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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Supporters cheered the tax cut bill for the help it gives to manufacturers, but opponents said that the bill would reward multinational companies for sending jobs overseas.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 23, 2004 - Legislation to extend several popular middle class tax cuts cleared a House-Senate conference and could be on President Bush&#39;s desk within days, handing him a major legislative
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President Bush's call for a simpler  tax code could mark the next step in a gradual move toward a  system that places more of a tax burden on consumption and less  on savings, analysts say, a direction critics think would put a  bigger burden on working Americans.