Democrats who supported the legislation have intensified their attacks on Mr. Bush in recent weeks for what they call his broken promises in financing the act.

The Democrats have intensified those complaints since the White House, under political pressure, on Tuesday released parts of a separate intelligence report, a sober assessment of global terrorism.

Democrats today intensified their efforts to portray Republicans as more concerned about corporate interests than laid-off workers and to pin blame for the recession on President Bush.

But Democrats intensified their attacks, blaming Mr. Bush's tax cut for the shrinking surplus and calling on him to submit a budget to protect Social Security funds.

The White House, key Democrats and a handful of Republicans intensified their push to let the full House vote on censure as an alternative to impeachment.

The Democrats are also intensifying calls for the dismissal of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.

Indeed, popular discontent is bound to accelerate as both Democrats and Republicans intensify their campaign fund-raising this summer.

But Democrats intensified their attacks against Mr. Bush, blaming his $1.35 trillion tax cut for the shrinking federal surplus and asking him to submit a budget that would protect Social Security funds.

Some Democrats were intensifying their efforts to persuade Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, a favorite of conservatives in the party, to run.