Tampa Tribune

02/08/05

White House officials and Congress' top budget writers tried rallying support Tuesday for President Bush's $2.57 trillion budget, but cracks in Republican unity showed as lawmakers digested the plan's proposed spending cuts. 'Stay in the game the rest of the year,' House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle, R-Iowa, urged colleagues who have voiced support for paring the deficit since the budget's release Monday. 'Don't claim you want to cut the deficit in one breath and demand we spend more in the next.' Joshua Bolten, Bush's budget chief, told Nussle's committee that the president 'won't hesitate' to veto excessive spending bills -- which he has yet to do in four years...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp