A bomb dropped by a U.S. Navy jet during a training exercise in Kuwait kills six, including four Americans. The Bush administrations informs Congress it will not require power plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, despite the president's promise on the campaign trail to impose new regulations. The president holds a Rose Garden ceremony naming a federal courthouse in Boston after Democratic Rep. Joe Moakley, who is ill with terminal leukemia. The Senate passes White House-backed bankruptcy reform legislation. As the Senate prepares to take up campaign finance reform, Bush sends his own proposal to Capitol Hill.
Democratic leaders blast the administration for pessimistic statements about the economy.
Now there are real facts out there. It is only common sense to give our economy a boost during a slowdown. Bush spends the weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat. Bush opposes the bill and has called for legislation to limit, but not eliminate, the unregulated contributions to political parties. Bush meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.