George Bush actually said...

I have determined that it is appropriate to exercise my statutory alternative plan authority to limit the January 2005 GS locality pay incre...

I have determined that this situation constituted an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the Uni...

I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order.

Such increases would cost about $9.8 billion in fiscal year 2005 alone and would build in later years.