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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (102233)	12/5/2000 2:17:22 PM
From: Neil H	Respond to of 769669

Bush making plans for his presidency Cheney confers with GOP leaders on Capitol Hill about legislative initiatives MSNBC staff and wire reports Dec. 5 — Pushing forward with plans for his anticipated presidency, Texas Gov. George W. Bush said Tuesday that "we'll be ready to make some announcements" about Cabinet nominees as soon as Al Gore's legal challenges to Bush's victory in Florida are settled. "It's going to be important, once the election is over, to show the American people that this administration will be ready to seize the moment," Bush told reporters in Austin, Texas. BUSH ALSO MET Tuesday with his top national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, and received an intelligence briefing from a Central Intelligence Agency official. Meanwhile, Bush's running mate, Dick Cheney, was on Capitol Hill conferring with the entire House and Senate GOP membership. PLANNING LEGISLATION Cheney was set to meet with House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Majority Leader Dick Armey and Senate Majority leader Trent Lott to discuss legislative initiatives that Bush might launch in his first weeks in office. Cheney said Bush had sent him to talk “about our ongoing efforts to get on with the business of putting together a Cabinet and building an administration, so that we’ll be ready to exercise our responsibilities beginning on Jan. 21.” Cheney said he and Bush wanted to meet with members of both parties in Congress to begin “a robust effort to get on with the business of dealing with the nation’s problems.” Cheney, who served 11 years in the House representing Wyoming and rose to become House Republican Whip, has good rapport with veteran members of Congress. TAX CUT TO SPUR ECONOMY Bush and Cheney have indicated in recent days that signs of an economic slowdown has underscored the need for a tax cut to keep the economy growing. During the campaign Bush proposed a tax plan that cut income tax rates for all taxpayers, ranging from a 33 percent reduction in rates for low-income people to a 17 percent cut in rates for the top earners. “There is growing evidence out there that the economy is slowing down,” Cheney told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “We may well be on the front edge of a recession here.” There was new evidence Tuesday of economic deceleration: the Commerce Department reported that orders to American factories fell 3.3 percent in October, the first decline in three months. And in Washington, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan expressed worries about risks in slower growth, saying that when the economy downshifts "from unsustainable to more modest rates of growth, an economy is obviously at increased risk of untoward events." Meanwhile Bush's designated chief of staff, former Transportation Secretary Andrew Card, said Monday’s favorable court rulings could hasten the process of assembling a Bush administration. Bush is poised to begin naming Cabinet and top White House spots, waiting for legal obstacles to be cleared, Card said. “We’ll be able to move pretty quickly,” Card said in an interview with The Associated Press as the Bush camp rejoiced in Monday’s twin victories. A Florida judge refused to overturn Bush’s certified victory in Florida and the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a ruling that had allowed manual recounts past a deadline set in state law. Card said Monday’s court rulings energized the Bush team and ended “some of the angst” felt by Republicans after some of the earlier Florida rulings. He suggested Bush might be ready soon to begin naming major appointments — but probably will hold off until next week. Card said he was “working hard” on preparing for a Bush presidency. “I don’t try to predict all that’s happening in Florida or judges’ chambers, all that kind of stuff. But I know what I’m doing in terms of trying to put together a team so that the governor will be well-served on becoming president,” he said. CALLS FROM DEMOCRATS Card, 53, deputy chief of staff and then transportation secretary in the administration of Bush’s father, said he is having “no problems finding competent people who are interested in working for Governor Bush.” He said he’s gotten many calls and job resumes, including from Democrats. Still, he said that he has not yet approached any congressional Democrats directly about serving in a Bush administration — even though he reiterated an intention to have Democrats in key spots. He said that he was trying to be “respectful of the awkward situation that they find themselves in” at this point. Card, who was part of Bush’s father’s 1988-89 transition, said, “I am blessed that I had the experience of going through it before. “The transition experience I had in coming into government with President Bush was different because it was a friendly takeover. In some ways, you didn’t have to run quite as fast as you do now.” Still, “I think we’ve started with a more solid understanding of what the responsibilities are. And I think it’s going pretty well,” he said. The next president must make about 3,000 full-time appointments, ranging from attorney general to undersecretary of state for arms control. About 600 of these appointments are subject to Senate confirmation. Although nominations are not formally submitted to the Senate until Jan. 20, normally the selection and background checks would be in progress right now. The Associated Press contributed to this report. MSNBC News Florida court agrees to hear Gore appeal Survey: Most want Gore to concede