    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book II)]
    [September 29, 2006]
    [Pages 1735-1736]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal
    Year 2007 Budget Request
    September 29, 2006

    To the Congress of the United States:
        Pursuant to my constitutional authority and consistent with section
    446 of The District of Columbia Self-Governmental Reorganization Act as
    amended in 1989, I am transmitting the District of Columbia's 2007
    Budget Request Act.
        The proposed 2007 Budget Request Act reflects the major programmatic
    objectives of the Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia. For
    2007, the District estimates total revenues and expenditures of $7.61
    billion.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     September 29, 2006.

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