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White House: Religious schools can get aid
Oct 18 2005 9:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Religious schools and other private, nonprofit organizations that provide government-type services are eligible for federal grants and loans to rebuild facilities damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Bush administration said Tuesday.
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Bush pushes for guest worker plan
Oct 18 2005 9:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush sought support Tuesday for his guest worker plan for foreigners, hoping to win over skeptical conservatives with a pledge to clamp down on illegal immigration _ one of a growing number of issues causing friction between the White House and fellow Republicans.
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Environmental studies waived in oil push
Oct 18 2005 6:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In an aggressive push by the Bush administration to open more public land to oil and gas production, the Interior Department has quit conducting environmental reviews and seeking comments from local residents every time drilling companies propose new wells.
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Union Pacific locomotive hails Bush father
Oct 18 2005 6:11PM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - You could call it Railroad One. Union Pacific Railroad unveiled a new locomotive Tuesday bearing the number 4141, honoring former President Bush, the 41st president. It is painted to resemble Air Force One, the presidential plane.
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Panel backs simplified income tax system
Oct 18 2005 3:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most deductions, credits and other tax breaks would be eliminated along with much of the paperwork and equations that baffle taxpayers under a drastically simplified income tax proposed by a presidential commission on Tuesday.
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Bush, Barroso back opening trade markets
Oct 18 2005 1:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso discussed their mutual interest in opening up world trade markets for agriculture and other products in a closed door meeting at the White House Tuesday.
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Newsview: Leak shines light on White House
Oct 18 2005 8:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's CIA-leak inquiry is focusing attention on what long has been a Bush White House tactic: slash-and-burn assaults on its critics, particularly those opposed to the president's Iraq war policies.
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