Bush Appeals to Congress for Iraq Funds
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush appealed to Congress on Saturday to give him real cash for the war, not just a pledge to fund the troops.
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President George W. Bush on Friday  called on Congress 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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President Bush sent Congress on  Monday an $81.9 billion package to fund military operations in  Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total bill for both conflicts  to nearly $300 billion and the budget deficit to a record high.
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The Bush administration asked Congress on Tuesday for permission to transfer nearly $3.5 billion from Iraqi water, sewer and electricity projects to pressing security, economic and electoral
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The Bush administration, faced with  a growing insurgency and record fuel costs, plans early next  year to seek $50 billion to $75 billion in emergency funding  for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, administration  and congressional officials said on Tuesday.
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President Bush will ask Congress for another $46 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and finance other national security needs, The Associated Press has learned
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The Bush administration wants Congress' permission to shift nearly &#36;3.5 billion of the &#36;18.4 billion in Iraqi reconstruction aid to security and faster economic growth, documents submitted to lawmakers show.
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President Bush will ask Congress for close to three-quarters of a trillion dollars in defense spending on Monday, including $245 billion to cover the cost of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and other elements of the "global war on terror," senior administration officials said yesterday.
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President George W Bush asks the US Congress for $500m to help Mexico in the fight against illegal drugs.
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President Bush plans to ask Congress next month for up to $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, a White House official said yesterday, a move that appears to reflect increasing administration confidence that it can fend off congressional calls for a rapid drawdown of U.S. forces.
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President Bush on Tuesday asked for more than &#36;80 billion in new funding for military operations this year in Iraq and Afghanistan, shattering initial cost estimates and pushing the total for both conflicts to nearly &#36;300 billion so far.
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President George W. Bush will ask Congress for $99.7 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for rest of fiscal year 2007 and more than $145 billion for fiscal year 2008, a Bush administration official said on Friday.
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President Bush is pushing Congress to give him more authority to slice and dice the budget, an idea that&#039;s popular with conservatives who think the White House needs more muscle to restrict federal spending.
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The Bush administration will ask the Congress next week for $70 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and related operations for part of the 2009 fiscal year, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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President Bush challenged Congress to another clash over the direction of the Iraq war yesterday as he asked lawmakers for $46 billion more to pay for overseas military operations and insisted that they approve it by the end of the year.
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President George W Bush  urges Congress to pass his budget to boost the economy and keep the US  safe.
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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.