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Bush budget seeks more border aid  view story
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
TODD J. GILLMAN and G. ROBERT HILLMAN - - Dallas Morning News
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For Texas, President Bush's new $2.77 trillion budget would mean tighter border security and a looser social safety net.
In a spending plan unveiled Monday, the president proposes more money next fiscal year for Border Patrol agents but less for some anti-poverty programs.
And hospitals could be hit by rollbacks in coverage for the elderly and poor.
Texas defense contractors, on the other hand, could see a pickup in aircraft orders from the Pentagon.
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