Bush Looking at Cutting Domestic Spending

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"domestic" spending is already squeexed raw cause of all the war spending.




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Bush Looking at Cutting Domestic Spending


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By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The White House is telling federal agencies to expect lean budgets next year, with congressional aides and lobbyists saying President Bush (news - web sites) appears ready to propose freezing or even slightly cutting overall domestic spending.


Targeted would be all annually approved programs except for defense and domestic security. Excluding those two would leave a part of the budget the administration estimates will total $388 billion for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Also excluded are automatically made payments like Social Security (news - web sites) and interest on the federal debt. ......

.....Excluding homeland security and emergencies like hurricanes, domestic spending has grown by 27 percent since Bush took office in 2001.


"I really do believe that this White House gets it," said Rep. Mike Pence (news, bio, voting record), R-Ind., a leading House conservative. ....