<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Taxes and Spending</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/specials/fiscal?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><description>Taxes and Spending</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Grudgingly, House Accepts $284 Billion Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24276-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24276-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Defying a White House veto threat, the House yesterday overwhelmingly approved a $284 billion transportation bill to fund new interstate lanes, parking garages and thousands of other home-state needs that lawmakers refuse to sacrifice, even as they wrestle with a serious red-ink problem.]]></description><author> Shailagh Murray</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Lawmakers Present Tax-Cutting Budgets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20348-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20348-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House and Senate Republicans unveiled budget plans for the fiscal year that include billions of dollars in spending cuts and room for as much as $106 billion in tax reductions over the next five years.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congressional Panels Offer Budget Blueprints]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18244-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18244-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The House and Senate Budget committees will unveil fiscal blueprints Wednesday that pave the way for additional tax relief while seeking billions in spending cuts that target Medicaid and many other domestic programs.]]></description><author> Shailagh Murray  and Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[154 Programs Scrapped or Reduced in '06 Budget]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42369-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42369-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[From $4 million for an agriculture biotechnology program to $18 million for foreign-language assistance for small elementary and secondary schools and $489 million for congressionally earmarked Environmental Protection Agency projects, President Bush's fiscal 2006 budget plan calls for elimination of or drastic cuts in 154 programs.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Requests $82B in Emergency War Funding]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23018-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23018-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The move by President Bush makes good on a pledge to dramatically scale up efforts to train and equip Iraqi security forces ahead of an eventual U.S. withdrawal.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Bush Leaves Office, Budget's Costs Balloon]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21721-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21721-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For the senators and governors already jockeying to succeed President Bush, the numbers released add up to a budgetary landmine that could blow up just as the next president moves into the Oval Office.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman  and Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Some Bush Supporters, Anger Over Budget]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21552-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21552-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Red America is a bit red-in-the-face over President Bush's new budget. Within a few hours of the release of the president's proposal last week, Rep. John E. Peterson (R-Pa.), co-chairman of the Congressional Rural Caucus, fired off a statement criticizing the president he typically supports.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicare Drug Benefit May Cost $1.2 Trillion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9328-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9328-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The projections -- a much higher price tag than President Bush suggested when he narrowly won passage of the law in late 2003 -- represent the most complete picture to date of how much the program will cost after it begins next year.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly and Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget Would Strip TSA of Its Biggest Programs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9089-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9089-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If approved by Congress, the proposal would leave the agency largely as a manager of 45,000 security screeners at a time when airports may now elect to replace the federal screeners with ones employed by private companies.]]></description><author> Sara Kehaulani Goo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush's Budget Has Gains, Hits for Area]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6245-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6245-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Under President Bush's proposed budget, Chesapeake Bay cleanup would be among cuts while spending for military and security would rise.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Additional $340 Million Is Proposed for Rockets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6463-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6463-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While targeting some expensive weapons systems for heavy cuts, the Pentagon has proposed the increase in the 2006 budget to keep both Boeing and Lockheed Martin in the government rocket launch business.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Renae Merle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troops' Pay Raise, Retooling Efforts Come With Price]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6273-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6273-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration's new five-year defense spending plan provides a 3.1 percent pay increase for military personnel in 2006 and billions more in later years for building more powerful Army brigades, reflecting dual priorities of retaining troops and retooling the military to fight today's wars.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Cultural Programs Suffer Little Pain From Bush Budget]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6211-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6211-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While the president's proposed 2006 budget, unveiled Monday, slashed hundreds of domestic programs, cultural groups did relatively well.]]></description><author> Jacqueline Trescott</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Unlikely to Embrace Bush Wish List]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6230-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6230-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Many analysts doubt that Congress will fully embrace the president's recommendations, and the greetings from Wall Street economists on Monday were not encouraging.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Calls for Familiar Trims]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6231-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6231-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush's budget plan calls for cuts in Amtrak, beach restoration, education, local police grants and dozens of other programs. Bush has tried to slash such programs before, only to have Congress -- which is controlled by his party -- refuse.]]></description><author> Charles Babington</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Budget Director, No Red Ink and the Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6134-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6134-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["I actually enter into this with a happy spirit," White House budget director Joshua B. Bolten said during his hour-long briefing yesterday on President Bush's 2006 budget.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plan Avoids Rollbacks That Some Feared]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6185-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6185-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush's spending plan for fiscal 2006 does not propose rollbacks in federal retirement and health care benefits feared by some employee groups, and both retirees and current workers can expect their annual compensation to at least keep pace with inflation.]]></description><author> Christopher Lee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Sends '06 Budget to Congress]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4563-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4563-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush sent Congress a $2.57 trillion federal budget Monday that is designed to project U.S. power and priorities overseas while squeezing government programs at home.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[$2.5 Trillion Budget Plan Cuts Many Programs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3319-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3319-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush plans to unveil today a budget that eliminates dozens of politically sensitive domestic programs, while it proposes significant increases for the military and international spending, according to administration documents.]]></description><author> Mike Allen and Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney: Social Security Plan to Cost Trillions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3260-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3260-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/fiscal</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The vice president acknowledged Sunday that the federal government would need to borrow trillions of dollars to cover the cost of the personal retirement accounts at the heart of the president's plan to restructure Social Security.]]></description><author> Christopher Lee</author></item></channel></rss>