Which of the following best describes the Bush administration's approach to the problem of the growing federal budget deficit?:

Amassive spending cuts proposed by Bush were adopted by Congress, and the deficit declined for the first time since the 1970s.

Bdespite Bush's "no new taxes" pledge, he worked out a multiyear budget package with Congress that included a significant tax increase.

CCongress passed a deficit-reduction plan composed of small spending cuts and large tax increases, but Bush vetoed it.

DBush proposed a major tax increase, but conservative Republicans teamed with liberal Democrats to defeat it.