Bush and Kerry Duel on Health Care, Weapons Ban
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President Bush and Democratic rival  John Kerry dueled over health care and the expired assault  weapons ban on Monday, with Bush slamming Kerry for backing a  costly "government takeover" of health care that would lead to  higher taxes.
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Democrat John Kerry rebuked  President Bush on Monday for letting a ban on assault weapons  expire and said his Republican rival paid for tax cuts by  taking police off the streets and slashing anti-drug programs.
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President Bush condemned Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Tuesday for "scare tactics" on issues like Social Security and the flu vaccine, while Kerry hammered Bush's leadership on the economy and the war on terror.
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US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry decried President George W. Bush's health care policy, saying Americans are paying too much for medication while neighboring Canadians are able to buy cheaper prescription drugs.
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Sen. John Kerry on Thursday accused President Bush of slowing scientific advancement after earning a special endorsement from the widow of actor Christopher Reeve, while Bush criticized his rival on health care and medical liability reform in Pennsylvania.
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As the federal assault-weapons ban expired Monday, Democratic nominee John Kerry assured it will live as an issue in the presidential campaign by lambasting President
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ST. LOUIS  - Democratic candidate John Kerry on  Friday said President Bush's failure to fight for a renewal of  a ban on assault weapons will make it easier for terrorists to  get the lethal weapons.
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US President George W. Bush and his rival for the White House, Senator John Kerry, clashed over the war in Iraq on Monday as the two candidates tried to depict themselves
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Aug. 19, 2004  Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is tying together two of the country&#39;s biggest problems job losses and rising health care costs and blaming President Bush for both.
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Monday accused President Bush of ducking his responsibility to protect the country from crime and terrorism by allowing a national assault weapons ban to expire.
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The health care debate in this year&#39;s presidential contest has been largely boiled down to an argument over degree: Democrat John F. Kerry proposes an ambitious, costly expansion of health
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President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry battled over Iraq in a fierce debate on Thursday, with an aggressive Kerry accusing
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TEMPE, Ariz. - President Bush and rival John Kerry vaulted into the home stretch of the race for the White House by trading blows on taxes, gun control, abortion and jobs, striving in their final debate to cement impressions in voters' minds...
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President Bush slammed Democratic Sen. John Kerry's health care plan on Thursday as "an overpriced albatross," but Kerry condemned Bush's decision to limit funding for new stem cell research and said he had turned his back on science.
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John Kerry is criticizing President Bush for letting a decade-long ban on assault weapons expire while unveiling his own &#36;5 billion plan to fight crime.
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On health care, President Bush says he stands with the doctors and Americans who are struggling to find affordable medical services. Democrat John Kerry says Bush has stood idle as medical bills have skyrocketed during his presidency.
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President Bush slammed Democratic  Sen. John Kerry's health care plan on Thursday as "an  overpriced albatross," but Kerry condemned Bush's decision to  limit funding for new stem cell research and said he had turned  his back on science.