1. A week after Laura Bush kicked off a national campaign for America's libraries, calling libraries "community treasure chests, loaded with a wealth of information available to everyone, equally," President Bush proposed cutting federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
2. Bush made 5 campaign stops at Boy & Girls clubs throughout the nations. During the visits, Bush neglected to mention the fact that his budget, released on April 9, would cut all federal funding ($60 million) for Boys and Girls Clubs.
3. On March 1st, Bush traveled to Atlanta to visit Egleston/Children's Healthcare, an Atlanta-area children's hospital. One report said that Bush "got misty-eyed" as he listened to parents talk about their children's illnesses and the benefits of the children's hospital. Bush's budget, released on April 9, cuts funding for a program that trains doctors for children's hospitals from $235 million to $200 million, a 15 percent cut - Egleston received money from this program.
4. Bush Broke Campaign Promise to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Emissions.
5. Following heavy lobbying efforts by the meat industry, the Bush administration proposed ending strict salmonella testing on meat used in school lunches – a test that reduces salmonella by as much as fifty percent. He later reversed his decision after parent outcry.
6. Christie Todd Whitman, appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," said that the White House energy task force would not specifically cite drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as a vital option for easing U.S. energy shortages. [NBC News and Wire Reports, 4/22/01]. It turned out she was wrong.
