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" In a move bound to escalate his budget battle with Congress, President Bush vetoed a spending measure for health and education programs Tuesday.
But he also signed an increase in the Pentagon's non-war budget despite complaints it contained "some unnecessary spending."
The president used his veto power ahead of a speech in New Albany, Ind., criticizing the Democratic-led Congress on its budget priorities.
The $606 billion education and health program is loaded with some 2,000 earmarks — lawmaker-sponsored projects that critics call pork-barrel spending — President Bush wants stripped from the bill."
NPR : Bush Vetoes Health and Education Spending Bill
But he also signed an increase in the Pentagon's non-war budget despite complaints it contained "some unnecessary spending."
The president used his veto power ahead of a speech in New Albany, Ind., criticizing the Democratic-led Congress on its budget priorities.
The $606 billion education and health program is loaded with some 2,000 earmarks — lawmaker-sponsored projects that critics call pork-barrel spending — President Bush wants stripped from the bill."
NPR : Bush Vetoes Health and Education Spending Bill