Bush looking at freezing domestic spending

[madinmaryland]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is telling federal agencies to expect lean budgets next year, with congressional aides and lobbyists saying President Bush 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 October 1. Also excluded are automatically made payments like Social Security and interest on the federal debt.

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We all knew that this was coming!
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/17/bush.spending.ap/index.html

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