In an ironic and perplexing development today, the Bush Administration expressed dismay with yesterday's decision by incoming Congressional leaders to extend the FY2007 continuing resolution (CR) through the end of the current fiscal year. "The announcement from the incoming congressional majority is disappointing," said OMB Director Rob Portman, adding that “should there be a long-term continuing resolution, the administration would want to assure we maintain fiscal discipline and avoid gimmicks and unwarranted emergency spending.” Almost every spending level in the CR was set by the Bush Administration, when it sent its FY2007 budget proposal to Congress in February. Incoming Congressional leaders said yesterday that they will adhere to the discretionary spending cap of $873 billion for FY2007, set by the Administration. The CR contains no emergency spending provisions. In fact, the White House is expected to sumbit an Iraq war supplemental in the range of $160 billion early next year, the largest such request ever submitted to Congress.