January 29, 2008

Bush Tells Congress to Halve Earmarks Next Year, or He Will

By Jeffrey Brainard

Washington

President Bush challenged Congress during his last State of the Union address on Monday night to slice earmarked spending projects or face his veto pen, although he may leave office before he could wield it.

Laying out his priorities for his final year on the job, Mr. Bush also encouraged lawmakers to restart a stalled drive to double federal spending for physical-sciences research to drive economic growth. But otherwise the president had little to say regarding higher

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