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George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. Bush was first elected in the 2000 presidential election, and reelected for a second term in the 2004 presidential election. He previously served as the forty-sixth Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000, and is the eldest son of former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush.

Following college, Bush worked in his family's oil businesses before making an unsuccessful run for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before returning to politics in a campaign for Governor of Texas. He defeated Ann Richards and was elected Governor of Texas in 1994. Bush won the presidency in 2000 as the Republican candidate in a close and controversial contest, in which he lost the nationwide popular vote, but won the electoral vote.

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Americans Look to Wealthy to Help Save Social Security

Gallup - 12hrs 17mins ago

Princeton, NJ -- Of six possible ways to address concerns with the Social Security system in a recent USA Today/ Gallup Poll...

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A spending goal too small for aging America

Washington Post - 18hrs 11mins ago

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Conrad And Lieberman Come Out In Favor Of Allowing Wealthy To Keep Their Massive Bush Tax Cuts

Think Progress - 22hrs 10mins ago

Currently, the Bush Tax Cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 are set to expire at the end of this year. Progressives have long planned to allow the ..

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Conrad: GOP Tax Cut Plan 'A Formula For The Decline Of The United States'

TPMDC - 21hrs 56mins ago

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Biden tags economy 'Bush recession'

Blog Briefing Room - 18hrs 5mins ago

Vice President Biden trotted out a new line of attack against Republicans, terming the nation's economic difficulties the "Bush Re...

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Joe Biden: It's Still the 'Bush Recession'

Politics Daily - 14hrs 44mins ago

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Podcast: Washington Post's Aaron Blake on U.S. Senate Campaigns

Politics Daily - 16hrs 32mins ago

The Washington Post's Aaron Blake joins us on the podcast today to discuss U.S. Senate races, as well as the potential fallout from yesterday's court decision on the Ar...

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Supreme Court's Image Declines as Nomination Battle Looms: Summary of Findings

Pew Research Center - 16hrs 35mins ago

With an aging Supreme Court possibly facing major changes, the Court's public image has eroded significantly. Currently, 57% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the ..

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Afghanistan, Obama and the Man in the Mirror

Politics Daily - 19hrs 33mins ago

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Reality Check

Red State - 20hrs 32mins ago

For those of you who have not heard, my book is coming out in two months. Some of you have emailed to ask why my front page postings have been lighter than normal, both here and at Peach Pundit. Well, now you know - I’ve been writing, just ...

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What Congress Might Do to Defuse Tax Time Bomb

The Wall Street Journal - 21hrs 30mins ago

BY DAVID WESSEL President George W. Bush left behind a ticking time bomb that is set for Dec. 31, 2010. If Congress does nothing, taxes on wages, capital gains and dividends will leap, the...

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