Remember Bush's very first news conference ??

[kentuck]

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/02/22/bush.presser/

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In his first presidential news conference, President Bush said Thursday he would resist "the Christmas tree effect" as he pushes a budget plan, saying he hoped business leaders and Congress would resist the temptation to add a multitude of projects to his proposal.

"I don't want people putting ornaments on my plan," the president said. Bush said he hoped business interests "will listen to me, and I hope they will help me."


"I will resist the temptation of folks to pile on their pet programs onto our tax cut," he added.

"We thought long and hard about the right number," he said of the $1.6 trillion tax cut proposal. "We think it's just right."

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