CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: And right about now, we were expecting some very important paperwork to be coming out of Washington. We're, of course, talking about the national budget. Let's check in with national correspondent Eileen O'Connor to see what's shaking up there.</s>EILEEN O'CONNOR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, we're expecting, actually, a Cabinet meeting this morning in about an hour's time. And, you know, this White House likes to let the president make the news. And he will at the Cabinet meeting. He's going to be discussing, with all of the heads of all the departments, just how much money they're each going to be getting in his budget proposal -- $2.2 trillion budget proposal, with a $1.6 trillion dollar tax cut, this despite the fact that the Senate's version of the budget outline they passed only had a -- $1.2 trillion set aside for tax relief. Now, Democrats are critical of President Bush's resolution so far. And proposals thus far are saying that he's taking too much money away from some programs that allow for early childhood education and also for insurance for the uninsured. But his vice president, Dick Cheney, was on TV yesterday talking about the fact that they do believe that the tax cut, in conference, will be bigger because the House passed the $1.6 trillion cut. They believe that that's good for America. He also said that some of those cuts are actually cuts in inefficient programs and that they're going to be putting some money back into education and things like programs for the uninsured in some programs of their own , which they believe will be more efficient. I'm Eileen O'Connor, reporting live from the White House.</s>LIN: Thanks Eileen -- all right, still waiting for that paperwork.
Bush Meeting With Cabinet To Discuss Budget Allocations