The labor board proposed in June to speed the schedule for labor elections by holding a vote within 21 days of a worker request to form a union.
He did not offer any details, and it was unclear whether the administration intended to propose ways for Congress to speed the schedule for phasing in Mr. Bush's plan.
But they made clear that the president would support efforts in Congress to speed the schedule under which the tax cut would be phased in, and its benefits passed along to individuals, despite doubts among economists including Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, that such a move would help the economy in time to make a difference in this slowdown.
With just four months until the convention, the groups want a judge to speed the scheduling and the issuing of rules governing activities outside the Pepsi Center.
Republicans have also floated the idea of tax breaks for business, like speeding up the schedule under which companies can deduct the costs of investing in new factories and equipment.
Some lawyers said it indicated that the court wanted to speed the typical schedule, so that any subsequent appeals would go to the United States Supreme Court.
The 22 senators who are hearing the case are keeping their views to themselves, though some do sometimes betray a slight predilection toward speeding the trial, which is inconveniently scheduled just as campaigns are heating up.
In a slightly unusual move, the M.T.A.'s lawyers agreed yesterday with the Straphangers Campaign, the riders' advocacy group that had filed a lawsuit against the fare increases, to ask the Appellate Division to speed up the schedule for hearing the case, which could normally take six to eight months.
The president said Congress should also speed up the schedule under which businesses can write off the cost of investing in new factories and equipment, and eliminate the corporate alternative minimum tax, which requires companies to pay a bigger tax bill when their profits fall than they would have to otherwise.
Then they made a one-time adjustment that sped up the schedule by six hours, mimicking the effects of jet lag.
