Bush predicts budget deficit will shrink
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President George W. Bush predicted on Wednesday that strong tax receipts would cause the U.S. budget deficit to shrink to $205 billion this year, marking the third straight annual decline.
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President George W Bush outlines his budget for 2005, pledging to halve the US deficit in five years.
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President Bush's budget, sent to Congress on Monday, proposes cuts in domestic spending in an effort to tackle the ballooning budget deficit.
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US President George W Bush says his forthcoming budget plans will seek to curb domestic spending.
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One guiding star in the &#36;2.5 trillion budget that President Bush ships Congress next month will be his goal of cutting the federal deficit in half by 2009.
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President George W. Bush is expected on Monday to estimate the costs for the Iraq war at nearly $300 billion over the next 2 1/2 years and propose limiting domestic spending for fiscal year 2008.
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Economic assumptions from President Bush's proposed 2008 budget:
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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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Over the next 10 years, the nation&#39;s cumulative budget deficit will soar to $2.3 trillion, the CBO projected. And if President Bush succeeds in making his tax cuts permanent, as he&#39;s vowed to do if re-elected, the 10-year deficit could top $4 trillion.
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President Bush's proposed federal budget is based on too-rosy revenue estimates and would probably not produce its advertised surplus of $61 billion in five years, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
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The Bush administration will seek to  slash government spending next year, U.S. Treasury Secretary  John Snow said on Sunday, but he was less specific than the  president in predicting how quickly the deficit would fall.
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President Bush said Monday he will submit a federal budget that will cut the deficit in half in five years and maintain strict spending discipline.
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President Bush said on Wednesday  that his fiscal 2006 budget would slash or eliminate more than  150 government programs, and hold spending growth for many  other programs at below the rate of inflation.
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President Bush says he will work with Congress to lower US budget deficits as part of an effort to answer European concerns about the weak dollar.
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TORRANCE, California  - President George W. Bush said on Wednesday the U.S. economy is slowing but is resilient and would overcome problems as it has in the past, following a government report showing growth slumped at the end of last year.
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The White House on Wednesday is expected to project a U.S. budget deficit for this year of just over $200 billion, down from prior estimates because of strong tax receipts, Republican sources said.
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The Bush administration predicted on Friday that economic growth would slow next year but still be strong enough to reduce unemployment slightly.