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United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Tax reform -- Economic aspects, and United States economic conditions -- Analysis

Responding to the demands of Republicans in Congress, President Bush has laid out a stimulus package that relies in large part on ineffective, irresponsible and regressive tax cuts. He gave [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Salary reduction savings plans -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Retirement income -- Political aspects

President Bush's proposal to give workers more freedom to diversify their 401(k) plans received a mixed reaction yesterday. Republicans and business groups cheered it, while Democrats and labor unions said [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Government spending policy -- Political aspects, and Tax reform -- Political aspects

Congressional Republicans stepped up attacks on Senate Democrats over economic stimulus legislation today, while Democrats argued that it was time for President Bush to get directly involved to avoid a [...]

Religious organization software, Government regulation, Company financing, Domestic economic assistance -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Powers and duties, Church and state -- Political aspects, and Religious institutions -- Finance

United States. Office of Management and Budget -- Officials and employees, United States. Congress -- Political activity, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Budget -- Economic aspects, Budget -- Political aspects, Budget deficits -- Economic aspects, and Budget deficits -- Political aspects

Joshua B. Bolten, the new overseer of the nation's $2.3 trillion annual budget, spent two long hours last Wednesday in front of what he called the ''murder board,'' a role-playing [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy and Republican Party (United States) -- Economic policy

The pain of Congress's budget inaction last year is about to strike home as the start of a long national hangover. The divided houses had opted for gridlock over compromise [...]

Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Democratic Party (United States) -- Economic policy, Republican Party (United States) -- Economic policy, Economic assistance -- Laws, regulations and rules, Agricultural subsidies -- Economic aspects, Agricultural subsidies -- International aspects, Trade and Development Act of 2000, Africa -- Economic aspects, and Africa -- International trade

President Bush said today that he would ask Congress to postpone the expiration of a trade law that gives 35 African nations duty-free access to American markets, an announcement he [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Democratic Party (United States) -- Economic policy, Republican Party (United States) -- Economic policy, Governors -- Political activity, Welfare reform -- Laws, regulations and rules, Welfare recipients -- Laws, regulations and rules, Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Analysis, and Welfare Reform Reconciliation Act of 1996

The nation's governors, who helped write the landmark 1996 welfare law and its stringent work requirements, are now urging Congress to let states relax those requirements for some people on [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Democratic Party (United States) -- Economic policy, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Influence, United States economic conditions -- Influence, and Bioterrorism -- Influence

The halls of Congress will reverberate with shouts of ''big corporations,'' ''class warfare,'' and ''bioterrorism'' next week, unless the phrase ''point of order'' drowns them out. With the [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy, United States economic conditions -- Political aspects, Tax reform -- Political aspects, and Government spending policy -- Political aspects

The Bush administration warned today that failure by Congress to pass an economic recovery package would endanger the prospects for a rebound next year, but it offered no compromises to [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy, United States. Department of the Treasury -- Finance, and Public debts -- Laws, regulations and rules

United States. Congress -- Economic policy, United States. Congressional Budget Office -- Reports, Social security -- Finance, Tax reform -- Influence, Surplus (Accounting) -- Usage, and Monetary policy -- Influence

Congressional budget analysts warned in a report made public today that the economic downturn and President Bush's tax-cut package would force the federal government to spend $9 billion from the [...]

Government regulation, Company financing, Company pricing policy, United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- Economic policy, United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Medicare -- Finance, Medicare -- Laws, regulations and rules, Medical policy -- Economic aspects, Medicaid -- Finance, Medicaid -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmaceutical industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Pharmaceutical industry -- Prices and rates

In a fundamental change, the Bush administration has begun to weigh cost as a factor in deciding whether Medicare should pay for new drugs and medical procedures. Most [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Republican Party (United States) -- Economic policy, Democratic Party (United States) -- Economic policy, War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Finance, Government spending policy -- Planning, Tax policy -- Analysis, and Budget deficits -- Forecasts and trends

Congress and the Bush administration are heading toward further big increases in government spending, reflecting the costs of fighting terrorism, election-year support for domestic programs and the apparent lack of [...]

Market trend/market analysis, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Budget deficits -- Forecasts and trends, and Government spending policy -- Evaluation

Congress nearly always engages in pork-barrel spending as it leaves town for the holidays, usually to feather the nests of special interest groups responsible for the perpetuation of careers on [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy and Tax policy -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration

President Bush's tax cut plan moved from speechmaking to legislation today when it was introduced in both houses of Congress, setting off what may be the most tumultuous debate of [...]

United States. Congress -- Economic policy, National Governors' Association -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Governors -- Political activity, Medicaid -- Political aspects, Domestic economic assistance -- Political aspects, and Legislators -- Economic policy

Rebuffed by President Bush, the National Governors Association decided today to seek fiscal assistance from Congress, and some lawmakers said they would be willing to help states with the growing [...]

United States. Congress -- Political activity, Legislators -- Political activity, and Economic policy -- Political aspects

The power of President Bush to trump Congress is something to behold as the political dynamic of majority Republican control runs the length of Pennsylvania Avenue once more. After theatrically [...]