A Bush Budget Showdown Brewing
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With his poll numbers in the tank, the President seems to be gearing up for a veto fight with Congress over a long forgotten issue  -  controlling spending
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President Bush's &#36;2.5 trillion budget is shaping up as his most austere, trying to restrain spending across a wide swath of government from popular farm subsidies to poor people's health programs.
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As President Bush enters a tight  two-month battle to win another term in the White House, fellow  Republicans seem headed toward retaining control of a sharply  divided U.S. Congress.
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George W. Bush is now portraying himself as a fiscal conservative as he heads into a spending battle with Democrats.
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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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When rival political camps start attacking each other&#39;s credibility, you know an election is looming. That&#39;s where things are now in the presidential race between Republican President George Bush and his challenger, Democratic Sen. John Kerry.
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Former Rep. Jim Nussle, President Bush's new budget director, is likely to find himself in the middle of a series of fights with the Democratic-controlled Congress.
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President George W. 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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Federal program is grappling with costlier and more complex sites and is facing a chronic reluctance by Congress to raise its budget.
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President Bush on Monday will  propose his tightest budget, cutting scores of domestic  programs from housing to environmental protection to show he is  serious about reining in deficits that have ballooned under his  watch.
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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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A guide to the new Bush budget's winners and losers
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Social Security and tax code changes could strain the federal budget. The president could use a rising GDP.
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When President Bush unveils his 2006 budget on Monday, the money he requests for military construction will give clues as to where the U.S. military will be stationed in the future.
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BOTH PRESIDENTIAL candidates want you to think they have a serious plan to deal with the budget deficit. President Bush and Democratic nominee John F. Kerry each promise to cut it in half in the next several years.
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As electoral votes line up, Bush, Kerry fight over how to win in a changing West.
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President Bush is unlikely to defy Congress on billions of dollars in spending, but heâs likely to insist that lawmakers give more justification for their pet projects.