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Bush stops to vistit Putin on way to Sumit
By TIMES WIRES
Published November 16, 2006
President Bush, eager for Russian help in ongoing nuclear disputes with North Korea and Iran, tended to the sometimes frosty Washington-Moscow relationship Wednesday by paying a quick call on President Vladimir Putin. Bush paused for more than an hour to visit the Russian leader at an airport stopover en route to an eight-day trip that includes stays in Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. Bush has meetings scheduled with several allies, including Putin, on the sidelines of a summit of Pacific Rim leaders in Hanoi, Vietnam. Russian news agencies reported that the two presidents discussed the Iranian nuclear program, the Middle East and nuclear nonproliferation. WASHINGTON House, Senate pass stopgap funding bills Congress passed a bill Wednesday that keeps open those agencies awaiting approval of their budgets as lawmakers seek a deal on lots of unfinished fiscal business. The temporary spending measure sped through the House and Senate on voice votes. Without passage, 13 Cabinet agencies would have had to close Friday at midnight. When President Bush signs the bill, the government will remain open through Dec. 8. The bill's passage was the only significant accomplishment Wednesday by the post-election Congress. Senate leaders had hoped to turn to an agriculture spending bill and a bill to allow civilian nuclear fuel shipments to India, but lawmakers quickly bogged down. Also... JUDGE NOMINEES: The Bush administration, trying to push through judicial nominations before Republicans lose control of the Senate, resubmitted six nominees that Democrats had opposed. Sen. Jon Cornyn, R-Texas, said the judicial nominees will test Democrats' claims that they will run the Senate with bipartisanship. "We'll see whether now that they're in majority status, if we're going to have ideological litmus tests for judges," Cornyn said. PLANS FOR 2008: Two Republicans said Wednesday that they will explore the possibility of running for president. Both Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson said they plan to form committees to explore a run for the White House in 2008.
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