At the White House, President Bush met with Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi Thursday in their first meeting since the election. In an earlier sit-down with his Cabinet, the president laid out his top goals for Congress.

President Bush: “The first order of business is for Congress to complete the work on the federal spending bills for this year with strong fiscal discipline and without diminishing our capacity to fight the war on terror. The other important priority in the war on terror is for the Congress to pass the Terrorist Surveillance Act. We also need to pass the bipartisan energy legislation that’s now before Congress.”