Bush Proposes Big Cuts to Rein in Deficit
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President Bush on Monday proposed a  $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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US President George W Bush has said he intends to &#39;send a signal&#39; to financial markets that he is serious about a strong dollar by tackling the US budget deficit.
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President Bush pledged Wednesday to work with Congress to reduce the government&#39;s huge budget deficit as a key step in assuring the world that his administration supports a strong dollar.
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President Bush on Tuesday called on  Congress to back the "difficult choices" included in his 2006  budget that contains deep domestic cuts and already has some  lawmakers uneasy about the political fallout.
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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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President Bush pledged yesterday to work with Congress to reduce the government&#39;s huge budget deficit as a key step in assuring the world that his administration supports a strong dollar.
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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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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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Trying to tighten the federal budget, the Bush administration on Wednesday proposed to reduce farm payments $18 billion over the next five years.
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President Bush's new budget highlights his promise of deficit reduction, but the fine print indicates the goal may be elusive.
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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 George W. Bush called on Congress on Friday to give the U.S. economy a "shot in the arm" with an election-year package of temporary tax cuts and other measures worth up to $150 billion.
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Think of the uses of $300 billion, the annual gap between what taxpayers owe and what they pay. It would more than cover the federal deficit for a year or the extra money President Bush wants in 2007 and 2008 for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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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 George W. Bush on Friday will outline how large an economic stimulus package should be as he and lawmakers try to craft one aimed at warding off a recession, the White House said.
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PEORIA, Illinois  - President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he plans to submit a budget proposal for fiscal 2008 that would pave the way for the government to balance its budget BY 2012 while still keeping taxes low.
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Trimming the record US budget deficit should be the top economic priority for the second term of President George W. Bush, a survey of economists showed.