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The legislation, part of a push by some Republicans to re-establish themselves as champions of fiscal restraint, was taking shape as President Bush struck a similar theme on Monday by asking Congress to grant him line-item veto power to eliminate federal spending that he might judge wasteful. Mr. Bush said at a ceremony installing a new chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said that they couldn't be all things to all people when it came to spending the taxpayers' money. The legislation, was taking shape as President Bush struck a similar theme on Monday by asking Congress to grant him line-item veto power to eliminate federal spending that he might judge wasteful. Mr. Bush said at a ceremony, that they can't be all things to all people when it comes to spending the taxpayers' money, installing a new chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. But House conservative leaders would go far beyond the president's own budget proposal, illustrating the difficulty the White House and the Republican leadership have had in persuading the caucus to speak with one voice on the matter.