White House threatens veto of farm disaster aid
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The United States Congress risks a  presidential veto if it approves a multibillion-dollar disaster  aid package for farmers and ranchers, the White House said on  Tuesday, ahead of a Senate vote on the question.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush intends to veto defense legislation after Iraq objected to a provision that could freeze its assets in the United States if Americans sue the country, the White House said on Friday.
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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.  - President Bush asked Congress  on Monday to immediately approve $2 billion for  hurricane-battered Florida and the White House announced he  would visit the election battleground state on Wednesday.
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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.
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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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The Bush administration warned Monday that failure by Congress to adopt a free trade agreement with Colombia would bolster the anti-American campaign of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
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Pushing back against the Democratic-led Congress, President Bush intends to veto a bill Wednesday that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research &#151; work that supporters say holds promise for fighting disease.
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The Bush administration is fighting congressional efforts to slash the amount of emergency food aid the United States provides around the world, saying the cuts could hurt as many as 8 million people in dire need.
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Sugar beet farmers in a rural Minnesota district that turned out solidly for President Bush in 2000 are having second thoughts about his re-election now that the administration is supporting a trade agreement they see as a threat.
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WALL, S.D. -- Here on the sun-parched prairie, where rain seems as rare as gold dust, the fight over federal grassland is unending, pitting the backers of the crowd-pleasing prairie dog against the supporters of the humble cow. This week, the Bush administration could open the door to poisoning m...
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Three dozen farm and banking groups  called on Tuesday for Congress to pass without delay $6.5  billion in disaster relief for rural America amid signs that  aid might become an election-year issue.
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President Bush plans to ask Congress  on Monday to rush about $2.5 billion in additional aid to  hurricane-battered Florida, administration officials said on  Friday.
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The Senate is set to vote Thursday on what promises to be the first override of a veto by President Bush, with members expected to authorize $23 billion in new water projects over the president's objections.
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The White House is resisting a congressional request for an economic adviser to President Bush to testify about the administration's fuel economy proposal.
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LANDOVER, Maryland  - 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.
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The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a mine safety bill, saying the new regulations proposed by Democrats would interfere with legislation President Bush signed in 2006.
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WHITE SULFUR SPRINGS, W-Va., Jan. 25 -- President Bush, facing skeptical lawmakers for the first time since negotiating a bipartisan $150 billion economic stimulus package with House leaders, warned Congress today not to load it up with spending projects or delay in sending it to his desk for...