Bush says budget will limit non-defense spending
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President George W. Bush said on Saturday that his upcoming budget proposal would emphasize restraint on domestic spending while putting defense and war costs for Iraq and Afghanistan as the top priority.
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President Bush on Monday proposed a &#36;2.57 trillion budget that slashes domestic programs from farm aid to housing grants for the poor, as he sought to curb budget deficits that have soared on his watch.
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President George W. Bush will seek $140.7 billion on Monday for the U.S. Army in fiscal 2009, including increased funds to buy helicopters and other equipment, according to budget documents obtained by Reuters.
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In the State of the Union speech, President Bush will announce that he will veto spending bills unless they halve the amount of money earmarked for lawmakersâ pet projects.
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President Bush today unveiled a tough-minded, $3 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2009 that would slice $14.2 billion from the growth of federal health care programs, eliminate scores of programs and virtually freeze domestic spending--but would still record a $407 billion budget deficit.
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The Bush administration said Thursday it is confident new restrictions set by lawmakers on $50 million in military aid to Pakistan will not prevent it from providing the money.
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Spending restraints in President Bush's budget proposal would mean deep cuts to environmental protection, community development, veterans benefits and other programs through the end of the decade, a liberal think tank said Wednesday.
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President Bush on Saturday urged the Senate to back increased government spending on basic scientific research.
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In the nation's first-ever $3 trillion budget, President Bush seeks to seal his legacy of promoting a strong defense to fight terrorism and tax cuts to spur the economy
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President Bush, in Pennsylvania, said that opponents of a missile defense system were putting the nation's security at risk.
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President Bush on Thursday signed a $464 billion spending bill that closes out last year's unfinished budget business but made clear he wasn't entirely happy about it.
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resident Bush sent a $2.9 trillion spending plan to a Democratic-controlled Congress on Monday, proposing to spend billions more to fight the war in Iraq while squeezing the rest of government to meet his goal of eliminating the deficit
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President Bush on Tuesday asked for  more than $80 billion in new funding for military operations  this year in Iraq and Afghanistan, shattering initial cost  estimates and pushing the total for both conflicts to nearly  $300 billion so far.
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President Bush on Monday will seek $245 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while boosting other military spending and curbing domestic programs, setting the stage for a big battle with Democrats over funding priorities.
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President Bush on Tuesday asked for more than &#36;80 billion in new funding for military operations this year in Iraq and Afghanistan, shattering initial cost estimates and pushing the total for both conflicts to nearly &#36;300 billion so far.
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President Bush is pushing Congress to give him more authority to slice and dice the budget, an idea that&#039;s popular with conservatives who think the White House needs more muscle to restrict federal spending.
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The US Congress put off sending to President George W. Bush a $388 billion spending measure to fund 14 cabinet-level departments until December while lawmakers argue over how the budget process works.