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The Bush administration cited poor performance and redundancy in its proposal to eliminate or slash the budgets of 151 federal programs in fiscal 2009. The cuts, touted during the president's State of the Union address and outlined in budget documents released Monday, would save approximately $18 billion. The cuts are listed in Table S-5 of the summary tables included in the budget proposal. They include the termination of 104 discretionary programs and significant funding reductions for 47 others. Look over Table S-5. We needed this sooner. Seems like Bush went along with high budgets when the Republicans controlled Congress, but...

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 budgetFact 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 Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

WASHINGTON - President Bush's 2009 budget will virtually freeze most domestic programs and seek nearly $200 billion in savings from federal health care programs, a senior administration official said Thursday. The Bush budget also will likely exceed $3 trillion, this official said. Bush on Monday will likely present his proposed budget for the new fiscal year to Congress, where it's unlikely to gain much traction in the midst of a presidential campaign.