Bush poised to win on spending demands

Sunday, December 15, 2002

WASHINGTON -- President Bush seems likely to win his first spending fight with the new Congress early next year, but a sterner test of his commitment to fiscal restraint may come soon afterward should he seek billions more for war with Iraq and other items.

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