Bush to get 'tough' on deficit
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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 George W. Bush on Friday called for a package of tax cuts and other measures totaling around $140 billion to shore up the fragile U.S. economy.
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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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US President George W. Bush plans to cut spending in his upcoming budget, not just trim the rate of growth in government outlays, Treasury Secretary John Snow said Sunday.
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President Bush pledged Wednesday to work with Congress to reduce the government's huge budget deficit as a key step in assuring the world that his administration supports a strong dollar.
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President George W. Bush said on Saturday his upcoming budget proposal would emphasize restraint on domestic spending while making defense and war costs for Iraq and Afghanistan the top priority.
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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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President Bush pledged yesterday to work with Congress to reduce the government's huge budget deficit as a key step in assuring the world that his administration supports a strong dollar.
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The US is set to rack up an even bigger budget deficit than first thought over the next decade, officials say.
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President Bush appeared quite cheery at his press conference last week. But that glow will be tested in the months ahead as he faces the task of putting America&#39;s fiscal house in order after four years of massive tax cuts and rampant overspending.
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OVERVIEW: In his 2006 budget request of some &#36;2.5 trillion going to Congress on Monday, President Bush will propose holding down growth in defense spending and cutting dollars for some domestic programs to cope with large deficits.
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ROGERS, Ark., Oct. 15 -- The White House and Congress are heading for what President Bush predicts will be a "fiscal showdown" at a time when the nation's financial health has actually improved for the moment.
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Signaling he is poised to take a tough line with Democrats over the budget, President George W. Bush met on Wednesday with congressional Republicans and renewed a threat to veto spending he considers excessive.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush reiterated on  Sunday his support for a strong dollar and said he would work  to reduce the U.S. budget deficit.
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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 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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President Bush will propose the  tightest budget of his presidency, cutting the growth rate in  government programs by almost half in a bid to rein in record  budget deficits, the White House budget director said on  Thursday.