Bush warns against ‘tax and spend’
President Bush warned Congress that he would use his veto power to stop runaway spending. “The American people do not want to return to the days of tax-and-spend policies,” Bush said in his radio address.
The House last week passed a $37-billion budget for the Homeland Security Department, but Republicans rallied enough votes to uphold a veto.
The measure exceeds Bush’s request for the department by $2.1 billion.
Democrats noted that it contained money to hire 3,000 additional border agents, improve detection of explosives at airports and double the amount of cargo screened on passenger aircraft.
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