News on George W. Bush

The consequences of "Scooter" Libby's trial for the Bush administration

2010-11-29T16:03:54Z

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What Bush's health plan means to you

2010-11-29T16:03:54Z

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Socialism? Doesn't Work, Never Will

2010-11-03T00:18:26Z

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Barack Obama's Bait And Switch

2010-10-21T09:55:43Z

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Part II of the text of Obama's news conference

2010-04-16T16:18:23Z

part II of the text of President Barack Obama's Tuesday news conference

Text of President Barack Obama's news conference Tuesday at the White House, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions: Part II

OBAMA: But it is — it is going to be an impossible task for us to balance ...

Kristol's Big Government Light Brigade

2010-04-16T13:39:35Z

Bill Kristol, the often insightful editor of the Weekly Standard, used his column in the New York Times last week to offer advice to conservatives who advocate small government: Cut it out.

The essence of Kristol's argument is that small government is not po...

House Democrats silence Medicare alarm, but long-term funding still unresolved

2010-11-02T12:40:59Z

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Democrats avoid battle over entitlement spending

2010-04-16T16:37:28Z

Congressional efforts to deal with growing Medicare spending will be set aside for another year under a rule change approved by the House on Thursday.

The rule was approved largely along party lines, 231-184, with Democrats pushing for the change.

In response to a warning from Medicare's trustees, Pre...

Congress votes to override veto on Medicare bill

2010-04-16T16:47:45Z

Congress on Tuesday rejected President Bush's veto of legislation protecting doctors from a 10.6 percent cut in their reimbursement rates when treating Medicare patients.

The override vote in the House was a lopsided 383-41, easily meeting the two-thirds threshold needed to nullify the president's veto. About an hour later, the Senate voted to override, 70-26.

Bush has ...

Partisan fight over Medicare could render seniors victims

2010-04-16T16:52:36Z

WASHINGTON — Doctors across Nevada are weighing whether to continue accepting new Medicare patients if Congress fails to stop a 10 percent pay cut to Medicare providers scheduled to take hold next week.

In the past, Congress has been able to prevent the annual pay cut, an unintended consequence of new Medicare reimbursement formu...

Bush Budget Proposal Would Trim Medicare and Medicaid

2010-10-22T17:52:57Z

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Will the Economic Nightmares Ever End?

2010-10-19T09:59:38Z

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Sen. Cornyn: Federal Spending 'Dangerously High'

2010-10-23T10:18:37Z

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Bush leaving some problems to successors

2010-09-10T01:48:48Z

Analysis: Bush Fails to Deliver on Promise to `solve Problems, Not Pass Them On'

Over and over, President Bush confidently promised to "solve problems, not pass them on to future presidents and future generations." As the clock runs out on his eight-year presidency, a tall stack of troubles remain and Bush's words ring hollow.

Iraq, budget deficits, the loomin...

Analysis: Bush fails to deliver on promise to `solve problems, not pass them on'

2010-09-10T01:37:27Z

Iraq, budget deficits, the looming insolvency of Social Security and Medicare, high health...

Bush fails to deliver on promise to `solve problems, not pass them on'

2010-09-10T01:32:22Z

Iraq, budget deficits, the looming insolvency of Social Security and Medicare, high health...

Bush Library Electronic Archives

2010-12-22T15:33:08Z

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2009, file photo workers store thousands of boxes of documents from President Bush's years in the White House at a warehouse in Lewisville, Texas. Bush’s electronic archives alone contain more than 200 million e-mails. But, don't expect to see am email ...

Billy Graham Bush

2010-12-20T14:01:44Z

Former president George W. Bush greets a person as he signs autographs of his new book "Decision Points" at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Nell President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden at left, speaks before signing the bipartisan tax package that extends tax cuts for families at all income levels, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White H...

Mideast Lebanon Iraq Shoe Thrower

2010-12-14T12:31:52Z

Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi signs his first book entitled "The Last Salute to President Bush," at a book fair in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Al-Zeidi who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in Baghdad in 200...

US Presidents Behind Closed Doors

2010-11-30T06:32:14Z

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2001, file photo congressional leaders Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., from left, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, D-Ill., and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. leave the West Wing of the White House in