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"Earlier this year, congressional leaders promised to show that they could be responsible with the people's money," Bush said. "Unfortunately, they seem to have chosen the path of higher spending."

He said while...

Bush also signed a measure to increase the U.S. borrowing authority to $9.815 trillion, a White House statement said.
The new debt limit is an $850 billion increase from the previous level and the fifth hike since Bush took office in January 2001. U.S. debt stood at about $5.6 trillion at the start of Bush's presidency.