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WASHINGTON--Democrats began pushing their middle-income tax cut through the Senate yesterday and said voters would decide whether President Bush was wrong in promising to veto...
...White House, Bush assured Republican leaders that he will veto the bill, which would raise taxes on the wealthiest 800,000 people to pay for the tax cut for 31 million...
...There's got to be no mistake about this: Raising taxes on the American people given the situation is simply not acceptable," Bush said. "I'm going to veto that tax increase bill as soon as it is sent...
...same preference for stability has shaped the Administration's policy on China. The White House has consistently fought attempts by Congress to punish Beijing for its suppression of human rights. Bush is almost certain to veto a measure approved by the Senate last week. It would impose stringent conditions on the annual renewal of China's most-favored-nation trading status in July, requiring China to release all political prisoners, effectively open its markets to U.S. goods and take "clear and unequivocal" steps to curb sales of arms and nuclear technology abroad. Baker also rejects this ultimatum...
Some months ago, two White House aides predicted that Bush would "do the right thing" and let Congress's revocation stand. Today those same men are certain that Bush will ignore Atwater's advice and veto the legislation, thus proving anew that the man who got the right's message long ago has been virtually imprisoned by it ever since -- and so may lose in November because...