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Bush says don't expect oil price breaks
Feb 1 2006 10:51PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - President Bush defended the huge profits of Exxon Mobil Corp. Wednesday, saying they are simply the result of the marketplace and that consumers socked with soaring energy costs should not expect price breaks.
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Bush urges confidence in his leadership
Feb 1 2006 9:14PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - President Bush said Wednesday he understands why the nation he has led for five years has become more anxious, and he urged people to have confidence in him.
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Bush said to plan aid request for Amtrak
Feb 1 2006 7:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, who last year included no funding for Amtrak in his budget proposal, will offer some financial assistance for the railroad this fiscal year, congressional aides said Wednesday.
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Health savings accounts spark debate
Feb 1 2006 6:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush will try to get more people to enroll in health savings accounts by providing additional tax breaks and establishing rules that would make it easier to keep the accounts when getting a new job.
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Panel appointee: What about tax overhaul?
Feb 1 2006 6:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - John Breaux, vice chairman of a presidentially appointed panel on tax overhaul, said Wednesday he is disappointed that President Bush has not pressed lawmakers to simplify tax laws.
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Car makers supportive of Bush's ideas
Feb 1 2006 6:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Automakers said Wednesday they were encouraged by President Bush's push for the further development of hybrids, increased ethanol production and hydrogen vehicles.
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Math plus science would equal tax breaks
Feb 1 2006 3:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Wednesday he wants to strengthen math and science education and prime research budgets at federal labs, but two of three dollars in his new multibillion initiative to keep America competitive would fund business tax breaks.
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Bush touts U.S. strengths despite worries
Feb 1 2006 3:38PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - President Bush said Wednesday that even though the state of the union is strong, he understands why some Americans are worried in a time of war and job cuts.
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Police remove Sheehan from Bush speech
Feb 1 2006 7:44AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cindy Sheehan finally got her invitation to see President Bush again, but before she set eyes on him at the State of the Union address, Capitol Police removed her from the gallery overlooking the House chamber.
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Bush acknowledges U.S. reliance on oil
Feb 1 2006 7:35AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush acknowledged America's reliance on oil Tuesday night, but his proposals will do nothing to curb today's high energy costs and are likely to make only a modest dent on oil imports _ even in the long run.
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Bush says math, science economic tools
Feb 1 2006 7:22AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaders in science and innovation have been clamoring for a breakthrough _ a political one. They now seem to have won a spot on the agenda of President Bush and Congress.
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Democrats say 'there is a better way'
Feb 1 2006 7:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats, who hope to regain control of the House and Senate this year, countered President Bush's take on the state of the nation, saying "there is a better way" to govern.
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Analysis: State of the Union agitated
Feb 1 2006 7:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The state of the union is fretful. President Bush acknowledged the public's agitated state Tuesday night when he gave voice to growing concerns about the course of the nation he has led for five years.
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Bush denounces Iran in annual speech
Feb 1 2006 4:51AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush denounced Iran in his State of the Union speech as a country "held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing its people."
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Activist Cindy Sheehan arrested at Capitol
Feb 1 2006 4:04AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush's State of the Union address, a police spokeswoman said.
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