Veto clash likely on budget bills
94237
Democrats are pressing ahead with long-sought budget hikes for domestic programs but are running into veto threats from President Bush, who's trying to regain his footing on spending.
735190
Democratic leaders in Congress have sent President Bush a veto-proof bill to authorize spending $23 billion in water projects, having waited more than a month to request his signature on a measure he has threatened to veto.
306219
President George W. Bush on Thursday said he would veto a Democratic-backed bill to expand a children's health care program and urged Congress to temporarily extend the current one while lawmakers work out differences.
281533
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.
558485
A veto threat by President  George W. Bush over a measure to expand a government health  program for children triggered outrage on Wednesday from  congressional Democrats and advocacy groups.
22891
Budget cuts and old habits may interfere with good intentions.
582786
White House and congressional bargainers sorted through a final pile of disputes Friday on an overdue &#36;388 billion spending bill that would slice President Bush's priorities and curb a wide swath of programs.
724537
The argument in the Senate today seems likely to focus on potential changes to the bill, rather than on its overall fate.
86022
President Bush, faced with complaints from Republicans as well as Democrats about higher cost estimates for a new Medicare drug benefit, said Friday he would veto any attempt to change the law.
53967
An Oregon senator is threatening to filibuster a must-pass spending bill if Congress does not extend payments to rural counties hurt by cutbacks in federal logging.
758548
The presidentâs budget, which foresees near-record deficits just ahead, is sure to meet resistance in the Democratic Congress.
709109
President Bush threatened to veto legislation setting a date for a troop withdrawal from Iraq on Tuesday despite growing bipartisan calls in Congress for an end to U.S. participation in the war and sharp criticism of the Iraqi government.
594715
President Bush threatened on Friday  to veto any bill seen as weakening a new drug benefit for  Medicare patients, after cost projections far exceeding earlier  White House estimates led lawmakers to urge changes.
79856
Off the floor, lawmakers weigh a compromise on the politically charged bill vetoed by President Bush.
299021
House Republican leaders were forced yesterday to summon lawmakers back into session next month to quell an uproar over a belatedly discovered provision in a huge spending bill that would have
391613
A failed veto override on a major children's health insurance program yesterday prompted House Democratic leaders to promise to push a new version of the bill, daring Republicans to oppose them.
51742
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.