President Bush signs Consolidated Appropriations Act 2008
{{date|December 27, 2007}}
[[Image:20071226-Bush signs 2008 budget.jpg|thumb|right|300px|President George W. Bush signs into law H.R. 2764 aboard [[w:Air Force One|Air Force One]] on December 26, 2007.]]
On Wednesday, [[United States]] President [[George W. Bush]] signed into law a [[w:United States dollar|US$]]555 billion [[w:appropriation bill|appropriation bill]], called the ''Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008'' (aka H.R. 2764).

The bill will keep government agencies running through September 2008. It also includes US$70 billion, which will fund the military efforts in [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]] well into 2008.

The signing of the bill concluded a battle between Bush and the [[w:United States Congress|United States Congress]], during which he threatened to use his [[w:Veto#United_States|Presidential veto]]. Even so, Bush complained about the final outcome of the bill:

"I am disappointed in the way the Congress compiled this legislation, including abandoning the goal I set early this year to reduce the number and cost of [[w:Earmarks#Earmarks_in_U.S._politics|earmarks]] by half. Instead, the Congress dropped into the bill nearly 9,800 earmarks that total more than $10 billion. These projects are not funded through a merit-based process and provide a vehicle for wasteful Government spending," Bush said in a press release from the [[w:White House|White House]].

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j057jBReERcsF-FcZRSWe0h1gaXQD8TP9N0G0
|title=Bush Signs $555 Billion Spending Bill
|author=Ben Feller
|pub=Associated Press
|date=December 26, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-bush27dec27,1,6840175.story?coll=la-news-politics-national&track=crosspromo
|title=Bush signs $555-billion spending bill
|author=Johanna Neuman
|pub=Los Angeles Times
|date=December 26, 2007}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071226-1.html
|title=President Bush Signs H.R. 2764 into Law
|pub=White House
|date=December 26, 2007}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.rules.house.gov/110_fy08_omni.htm Text of the House Amendments to Senate Amendment to H.R. 2764 – State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008)], [[w:United States House of Representatives|United States House of Representatives]], accessed on December 27, 2007

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Air Force One on December 26, 2007.
On Wednesday, United States President George W. Bush signed into law a US$555 billion appropriation bill, called the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (aka H.R. 2764).

The bill will keep government agencies running through September 2008. It also includes US$70 billion, which will fund the military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan well into 2008.

The signing of the bill concluded a battle between Bush and the United States Congress, during which he threatened to use his Presidential veto. Even so, Bush complained about the final outcome of the bill:

"I am disappointed in the way the Congress compiled this legislation, including abandoning the goal I set early this year to reduce the number and cost of earmarks by half. Instead, the Congress dropped into the bill nearly 9,800 earmarks that total more than $10 billion. These projects are not funded through a merit-based process and provide a vehicle for wasteful Government spending," Bush said in a press release from the White House.
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