Economic assumptions in Bush budget
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Economic assumptions from President Bush's proposed 2008 budget:
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President George W. Bush will acknowledge on Monday that a slowing U.S. economy will lead to a higher budget deficit this year and next, as he unveils a $3 trillion fiscal 2009 spending plan that would boost military funding but nearly freeze many domestic programs.
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President Bush proposed $56 billion in Education Department funding, level with his proposal for the current fiscal year but 3 percent less than what Democrats are expected to approve for this year. He also sought about $1 billion in new spending related to the landmark No Child Left Behind law.
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President Bush is readying a new budget that would carve savings from Medicaid and other benefit programs, congressional aides and lobbyists say, but it is unclear if he will be able to push the plan through the Republican-run Congress.
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Over the next 10 years, the nation&#39;s cumulative budget deficit will soar to $2.3 trillion, the CBO projected. And if President Bush succeeds in making his tax cuts permanent, as he&#39;s vowed to do if re-elected, the 10-year deficit could top $4 trillion.
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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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One major unmentioned entry in President Bush's new budget is luck. Luck that the economy keeps growing, that corporate profits remain robust, that inflation stays tame and that foreigners keep lending the U.S. money. Otherwise, the numbers don't add up.
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President Bushâs budget plan would provide a big boost to defense and protect his signature tax cuts.
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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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The White House estimated on Tuesday  that the U.S. budget deficit for 2005, including an extra $80  billion for Iraq and Afghanistan operations, will total $427  billion.
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President Bush on Monday will  propose a $2.5 trillion budget that cuts scores of domestic  programs, from housing to environmental protection, in a bid to  show he is serious about reining in deficits that have  ballooned under his watch.
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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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The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Tuesday released its budgetary and economic forecast, and its predictions were not substantially different from those of the Bush administration.
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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 proposed a 3.1 percent increase in the US space agency's budget for fiscal 2008 for a total of 17.31 billion dollars.
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By LIBBY QUAID  WASHINGTON - 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 George W. Bush is expected on Monday to estimate the costs for the Iraq war at nearly $300 billion over the next 2 1/2 years and propose limiting domestic spending for fiscal year 2008.