Congress Set to OK Drought Aid, Tax Cuts
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WASHINGTON - Ending weeks of stalemate, lawmakers got ready Saturday to send nearly $15 billion to states battered by hurricanes and drought as Congress plowed through a pre-election pile of bills that cut taxes and overhaul intelligence agencies.    House-Senate bargainers met one final time to put the finishing touches on the natural disaster assistance and attach it to a $10 billion military construction measure...
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The House was expected to take up legislation as early as Thursday to extend popular middle-class tax cuts that would otherwise expire at the end of the year.
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Congress is now poised to hand  President Bush an election-year tax cut victory after Senate  and House of Representatives negotiators on Wednesday night  agreed to extend popular tax breaks for children and couples  for five years.
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President Bush's budget will propose slashing grants to local law enforcement agencies and cutting spending for environmental protection, American Indian schools and home-heating aid for the poor, The Associated Press learned Saturday.
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The White House asked Congress on Monday to approve &#36;2 billion in emergency funding for hurricane-battered Florida and said President Bush would visit the election battleground state on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate shipped President Bush a wide-ranging $136 billion corporate tax-cut bill and a disaster aid package on Monday, letting lawmakers head home for the finale of the presidential and congressional campaigns.    Florida, a vote-rich prize that both parties covet, will be chief beneficiary of the $14.5 billion disaster measure as the state rebuilds from a battering by four recent hurricanes...
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Farm-state senators are increasing their request for drought relief dollars by half, saying the nation's farmers now need an estimated $6 billion or more in assistance.
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By Emily Ramshaw, The Dallas Morning News  Mar. 1--AUSTIN -- The House put a stamp of approval Wednesday on a bill to help manage water levels across the state, the first of several landmark water planning bills before the Legislature this session.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 24, 2004 - Legislation extending three popular middle-class tax cuts for the rest of the decade sailed through Congress by lopsided votes in both the House and Senate, giving President Bush
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President Bush's budget will propose cuts of up to 40 percent in a &#36;4.7 billion program that disperses development grants to communities across the United States, congressional aides said Wednesday.
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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.  - The White House asked  Congress on Monday to approve $2 billion in emergency funding  for hurricane-battered Florida and said President Bush would  visit the election battleground state on Wednesday.
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Congress is likely to try other economic boosts. The GOP wants to extend the Bush tax cuts set to expire in 2010.
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The Senate is expected to follow the lead of the House and pass a major overhaul of corporate tax law that would dole out &#36;136 billion in new tax breaks to a wide array of U.S. companies and provide a &#36;10.1 billion buyout for the nation's tobacco farmers.
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The House planned to vote Tuesday afternoon on the $150 billion economic aid package that would mean tax rebates to most income earners
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  May 24--WASHINGTON -- An amendment has been made to a U.S. House resolution to conform with a bill regarding the recovery of ground water.   The resolution, sponsored by Rep.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday prepared to pass three substantial bills - spending for disaster relief and homeland security and a corporate tax bill two years in the making - freeing lawmakers to leave Washington for the campaign trail.    Passage of the three bills, already approved by the House, comes only after the concerns of several Democrats threatening to filibuster were assuaged and requiring senators to meet in a rare weekend session and on the Columbus Day holiday...
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By Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jan. 31--Freshman Rep. Jerry McNerney's first bill, which calls for increasing funds for water conservation pilot projects, is set for a hearing today in Washington.