Posted on 02/04/2008 5:40:43 PM PST by snugs
The President spent the weekend at Camp David returning to the White House on Sunday afternoon.
Today the President's budget for 2009 was submitted to Congress for the first time electronically. The President spoke to the media about the budget after meeting with his Cabinet.
Click here for the text of the budget
Fact Sheet: The President's FY09 Budget
Pray for President Bush -- Day 2699
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates made a statement about the FY2009 defense budget during a press conference at the Pentagon.Click here for details
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
President Bush Meets with Cabinet, Discusses Budget
Cabinet Room
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. I just met with my Cabinet, where we discussed a lot of issues. And one issue we discussed is the budget. I submitted the budget today to Congress -- it's on a laptop notebook, an e-budget. It saves paper, saves trees, saves money. I think it's the first budget submitted electronically.
And it's a good budget. It's a budget that achieves some important objectives. One, it understands our top priority is to defend our country, so we fund our military, as well as fund the homeland security.
Secondly, the budget keeps our economy growing. It's central that we make sure that we deal with the uncertainties -- the economic uncertainties we face. And that's why we're working hard with the House and the Senate to get a growth package out quickly that will put money in the hands of consumers and provide incentives to small businesses and large businesses to invest.
Thirdly, we recognize that in order for this economy to grow, it's important to make the tax relief permanent. And that's what this budget reflects. It's a budget that boosts money for education and health and housing. It helps deal with the issue of making the tax code more fair for individuals who want to buy health insurance in the individual market.
This budget is one that keeps spending under control; discretionary spending is held to less than 1 percent. It eliminates 151 wasteful or bloated programs, saving the taxpayers $18 billion. It also takes a hard look at entitlement growth over the next five years, and provides specific recommendations to save $208 billion over those five years. At the same time, the budget achieves balance by 2012.
This is a good, solid budget. It's not only an innovative budget, in that it's coming to Congress over the Internet, it's a budget that's balanced -- gets to balance in 2012 and saves taxpayers money.
You know, in my State of the Union I said to the Congress that there's a lot of talk about entitlement spending. Once again, we've proposed specific reforms and specific measures. And Congress needs to come up with its own ideas. And Congress needs to respond to these looming deficits as a result of unfunded liabilities inherent in Social Security and Medicare. Our budget does that. Our budget protects America and it encourages economic growth. Congress needs to pass it.
Thank you very much.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
The Executive Clerk of the White House electronically transmits the FY2009 Budget Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, marking the first time in American history that the Executive Branch has electronically transmitted a budget proposal, or any official government document, to the Legislative Branch. The Executive Clerk used an approved credential to digitally sign the electronic transmittal of the FY09 Budget, thus proving the document's authenticity. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President George W. Bush holds up a computer with the E-Budget for the cameras during a Cabinet meeting Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. Later, the President said, "I submitted the budget today to Congress -- it's on a laptop notebook, an e-budget. It saves paper, saves trees, saves money. I think it's the first budget submitted electronically. And it's a good budget. It's a budget that achieves some important objectives. One, it understands our top priority is to defend our country, so we fund our military, as well as fund the homeland security. Secondly, the budget keeps our economy growing." White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
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President George W. Bush arrives from a weekend visit at Camp David to the White House in Washington, February 3, 2008.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returns via helicopter with President George W. Bush from a weekend visit at Camp David to the White House in Washington February 3, 2008.
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Copies of the U.S. President George W. Bush's FY 2009 Budget are delivered to the Senate Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington February 4, 2008.
Copies of the U.S. President George W. Bush's FY 2009 Budget are photographed by news photographers after they were delivered to the Senate Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington February 4, 2008
Copies of President Bush's FY 2009 Budget are seen inside the Senate Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington February 4, 2008.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), (R), holds a copy of U.S. President Bush's FY 2009 Budget after receiving it from the Robert Tapella, Public Printer of the U.S., inside the Senate Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington February 4, 2008
President George W. Bush meets with members of his Cabinet Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. In speaking about the Budget that was sent to Congress, the President said, "This is a good, solid budget. It's not only an innovative budget, in that it's coming to Congress over the Internet, it's a budget that's balanced -- gets to balance in 2012 and saves taxpayers money." White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President George W. Bush holds up a laptop computer containing the 2009 budget during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House in Washington February 4, 2008.
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President George W. Bush holds an electronic version of the 2009 fiscal budget during a meeting with his cabinet, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Washington.
President George W. Bush holds an electronic version of the 2009 Fiscal Budget during a meeting with his cabinet, including Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne (L) and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC
President Bush, left, holds up a laptop computer showing the electronic version of the fiscal 2009 Federal Budget, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, during a meeting with members of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is at right.
President Bush, second from left, speaks to members of the media in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, after the release of the fiscal 2009 Federal, during a meeting with members of his cabinet. From left are, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the president, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Transportation Secretary Mary Peters.
President Bush, second from left, speaks to members of the media after the release of the fiscal 2009 Federal Budget, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, during a meeting with members of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the president, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle speaks to reporters about the 2009 budget at the White House in Washington February 4, 2008
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates makes a statement about the FY2009 defense budget during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington February 4, 2008
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is reflected in a window as he makes a statement about the FY2009 defense budget during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington February 4, 2008.
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