Congressional Democrats hold the political high ground in their battles with President Bush over the budget and children?s health ? and plan to press their advantage to the hilt.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., will launch an attack on Bush?s fiscal record in a speech to the National Press Club on Friday, making the point that, after years of piling up deficits, Bush is now trying to mollify the GOP base by planning to veto defensible Democratic spending measures.