White House, Congress Reach Spending Deal
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Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confers with Paul Grove, right, a staffer for the Subcommittee for Foreign Operations, during a meeting on the end of the year spending bill on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Nov.
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President Bush and John Kerry have accepted &#36;75 million each in government financing for their campaigns for the White House but tens of millions more will be spent by the parties and partisan interest groups to influence the race.
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WASHINGTON â Congressional leaders agreed Tuesday that the House would take the lead on legislation intended to stabilize the economy, giving the speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and Representative John A. Boehner, the Republican leader, primary responsibility for reaching an agreement with the White House.
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An agreement in the Senate appeared within reach on an economic-stimulus program on Thursday.
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A bipartisan accord in the House calls for a $150 billion spending plan, including significant tax rebates. But senators may want add-ons.
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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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U.S. lawmakers struck a deal late on Friday on a &#36;388 billion package of government funding for the current fiscal year after days of battling over foreign aid, nuclear waste, milk subsidies and overtime.
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The U.S. Congress on Saturday passed  a $388 billion package financing government programs in this  fiscal year after days of tough talks, but a last minute snag  means it may not be sent to President Bush for signing into law  for several days.
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The White House and the  Democratic-led Congress have reached a tentative deal on a $150  billion economic stimulus plan that includes tax rebates for  workers and business investment incentives, congressional  sources said on Thursday.
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US congressional negotiators reached agreement on a sweeping intelligence overhaul bill Monday after a-month-long standoff, paving the way for lawmakers to pass the legislation
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The White House and the Democratic-led Congress on Thursday reached a tentative deal on an economic stimulus package of tax rebates for families and incentives for business investment with a cost that a top Democrat said may exceed $150 billion.
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President Bush was poised to officially ask Congress Monday for an estimated &#36;82 billion to cover the costs of continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and a myriad of other internationally related expenses, including training Iraqi security forces and aiding victims of the tsunami.
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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 House of Representatives on Thursday gave final approval to a $151 billion economic stimulus package that President George W. Bush is expected to sign into law.
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President Bush was poised Wednesday to sign a &#36;388 billion legislative package that covers the spending of every federal agency but the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security.
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The House of Representatives approved a $556 billion bill on Wednesday to fund most of the federal government through September 2008, ending a year-long budget fight with President George W. Bush by also including new money for the Iraq war.
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The House voted to approve the fiscal stimulus package, hoping to quickly seal a fast-paced deal with the Bush administration. But Senate Democrats forged ahead with their own, more expensive plan.