Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- "Next Wednesday, he welcomes Mexican President Vicente Fox to the White House and the first state visit of this Bush presidency. A black-tie state dinner caps Wednesday's events and, on the following day, Bush and Fox make a joint trip to Toledo, Ohio, to talk about improving education for America's growing Hispanic communities." "And he plans to return to his central Texas ranch several times in the coming months - for a mid-November summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and for the holidays." Bush Heading Back to White House http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010830/03/news-bush Updated: Thu, Aug 30 3:07 AM EDT By SANDRA SOBIERAJ, Associated Press Writer CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - After 26 days away, President Bush and his wife are returning to Washington on Thursday to a fall season that begins with their first state dinner then quickly turns to the far less glamorous business of federal budgeting. "Our batteries are charged," Bush told fellow Texans as he said a temporary goodbye and braced for battle with Congress over government spending. The Bushes were to arrive at the White House on Thursday afternoon. The president said he was looking forward to getting back to work "and ready to work with folks on both sides of the aisle" as the House and Senate scramble to pass 13 spending bills that Bush will agree to sign to keep the federal government running after the current fiscal year ends Sept. 30. He planned to talk strategy in several White House staff meetings on Friday. Bush outlined his priorities in a Wednesday speech to the American Legion: big increases in defense and education spending, protections for HMO patients, and Medicare coverage for prescription drugs. Democrats, pointing to new economic projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, say Bush can't pay for any of these promises without breaking one of his most central campaign promises - to not use Social Security reserves to cover general budget shortfalls. The CBO says the shrinking budget surplus, the product of Bush's tax cut and a slowing economy, will force the government to tap some $9 billion of the Social Security reserves this year and next. In a preview of the rough ride Democrats planned to give him, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton bemoaned to her constituents Wednesday "the hole that this tax cut has dug for us." Congressional Democratic leaders demanded to meet with Bush and have him explain how he plans to pay for everything without touching Social Security. Bush, meanwhile, said he will take his case directly to the public, with trips around the country beginning on Labor Day when he travels to Detroit and Green Bay, Wis. Next Wednesday, he welcomes Mexican President Vicente Fox to the White House and the first state visit of this Bush presidency. A black-tie state dinner caps Wednesday's events and, on the following day, Bush and Fox make a joint trip to Toledo, Ohio, to talk about improving education for America's growing Hispanic communities. "It's an important visit, because good foreign policy starts in your own neighborhood. And I'm pleased to report, we've got good foreign policy with our neighbor to the south," Bush said. He plans to be back home in Texas in three weeks, for a Sept. 21 speech to the National Federation of Republican Women, an occasion Bush hoped to use to also see his now-finished gubernatorial portrait hung in the state capitol. And he plans to return to his central Texas ranch several times in the coming months - for a mid-November summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and for the holidays. Email this story | Printer-friendly version Israel Pulls Out of West Bank Town (Previous story) Economy Grows at Scant 0.2 Percent (Next story) ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
