Congress Sends Bush $800B Debt-Limit Hike
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WASHINGTON Nov 18, 2004 - Congress sent President Bush an $800 billion boost in the federal borrowing limit on Thursday, spotlighting how the budget has lurched out of control in recent years and how hard it will be to afford future initiatives.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday prepared to raise the nation's debt ceiling by $800  billion, taking the new limit to $8.184 trillion.
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President Bush today signed an executive order that provides nearly 1.8 million federal employees with an average 3.5 percent pay raise and also increases salaries by smaller percentages for the armed forces, members of Congress, federal judges, diplomats and others.
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WASHINGTON  - President Bush on Friday signed intolaw a measure authorizing an $800 billion increase in thecredit limit of the United States, the White House said.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday voted to increase the federal credit limit by $800  billion to $8.184 trillion, a move that will allow the measure  to be sent to President Bush for signing into law.
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The US House of Representatives on Thursday prepared to raise the nation&#39;s debt ceiling by $800 billion, taking the new limit to $8.184 trillion.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush will sign into  law by Monday a measure authorizing an $800 billion increase in  the credit limit of the United States, the White House said.
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President George W. Bush signed into law a 146-billion-dollar tax cut extension, one month before the hotly-contested US election that pits him against Democrat John Kerry.
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The Bush administration is seeking  about $80 billion in new funding for military operations this  year in Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total for both  conflicts to almost $300 billion so far.
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President Bush on Saturday pressed   Congress for expanded veto power to rein in spending, which has   exploded during his tenure to $2.7 trillion to the anger of his   fiscal conservative supporters.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush sent a $2.90 trillion spending plan to a Democratic-controlled Congress on Monday, proposing a big increase in military spending, including billions more to fight the war in Iraq, while squeezing the rest of government to meet his goal of eliminating the deficit in five...
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Congress gave overwhelming final approval last night to legislation that would send government payments to most American households and grant tax incentives for business investment, sending President Bush a $152 billion stimulus plan for the faltering U.S. economy.
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WASHINGTON : Congress approved a 146-billion-dollar tax cut endorsed by both President George W. Bush and his rival John Kerry but criticized as a budget buster by some economists.
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Congress approved an eight-month  extension of temporary highway funding on Thursday with  lawmakers still wrangling over spending and other proposals and  reluctant to test a White House veto threat.
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WASHINGTON - Legislation to extend several popular middle class tax cuts cleared a House-Senate conference and could be on President Bush's desk within days, handing him a major legislative victory in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign.    The $145.9 billion package marked the fourth significant tax cut package that the president has championed since taking office...
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The US House of Representatives voted to raise the debt ceiling by 800 billion dollars, helping Washington avoid running short of operating funds.
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Congress, facing the prospect of an election-year recession, passed an emergency plan Thursday that rushes rebates of $600 to $1,200 to most taxpayers and $300 checks to disabled veterans, the elderly and other low-income people. President Bush indicated he would sign the measure.