WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2007
Bush To Dems: Opposition Wastes Time
President Accuses Congress Of Delaying "The People's Business" With Investigations, Iraq Resolutions
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In his weekly radio address Saturday, Bush called on Democratic leaders in Congress to move beyond political discord and take bipartisan action on both issues that have driven a wedge between the Bush administration and Capitol Hill.
He urged them to accept his offer to allow lawmakers to interview his advisers about the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors — but not under oath — and provide documents detailing communications they had about the firings with outside parties.
Democrats, armed with subpoenas for Bush's top political adviser Karl Rove and other top aides, are pressing the White House to allow the advisers to answer questions under oath about the firing of eight federal prosecutors. Bush says the Democrats are simply playing politics, trying to create a media spectacle.
"Members of Congress now face a choice: whether they will waste time and provoke an unnecessary confrontation, or whether they will join us in working to do the people's business," Bush said. "We have many important issues before us. So we need to put partisan politics aside and come together to enact important legislation for the American people."
The president also accused Democrats of partisanship in the House vote on Friday for a war spending bill that requires combat operations in Iraq to cease before September 2008.
Democrats said it was time to heed the mandate of their election sweep last November, which gave them control of Congress. Passage marked their most brazen challenge yet to Bush on a war that has killed more than 3,200 troops and lost favor with the American public.
Bush said the emergency spending bill the House narrowly passed, 218-212, would cut the number of troops below a level that U.S. military commanders say they need and set an artificial timetable for withdrawal.
"By choosing to make a political statement and passing a bill they know will never become law, the Democrats in Congress have only delayed the delivery of the vital funds and resources our troops need," Bush said. "The clock is running. The Secretary of Defense has warned that if Congress does not approve the emergency funding for our troops by April 15, our men and women in uniform will face significant disruptions — and so will their families."
The $124 billion House legislation would pay for war operations this year but would require that combat troops come home before September 2008 — or earlier if the Iraqi government did not meet certain requirements.
Bush said that to get the votes needed to pass the bill, House Democrats included billions of dollars in domestic spending for local congressional districts, including $74 million for peanut storage and $25 million for spinach growers, that has nothing to do with the war.
"Even with all this extra spending tacked on, the vote in the House was very close," Bush said. "This means that the Democrats do not have enough votes to override my veto."
Ownership of the phrase "the people's business" was contested in the Democratic Party's response to the president's address this morning by New Hampshire Rep. Paul Hodes.
Hodes, elected in November, was part of the Democratic takeover of both chambers of Congress. He has opposed the war and any efforts to escalate it.
"Last November, people in New Hampshire and across the country voted for change. They voted for a new Congress that would stop acting as a rubber stamp for this president and begin confronting the problems and challenges facing our nation," Hodes said.
The Democrats' plan to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq next year responds to voters' demand for change, Hodes said.
The Senate is expected to take up legislation as early as Monday.
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See all 632 CommentsRead the article @ CBS.com/Politics where Senator Hagel discusses impeaching Bush.
REOPEN THE 9/11 INVESTIGATION! I doubt 9/11 will be reopened until after Bush/Cheney leave office, but I intend to continue to do my small part & press for this tragedy to be re-investigated more accurately. I'm not a conspiracy theorist. However, the more I research the events of 9/11, the more I believe the Bush/Cheney adm. was involved in it.
The War in Iraq is still not the war on Terror and Iraq still did not attack America on 911! President Bush and the Republicans have failed on their Support for the Troops on all Counts!
If you follow the money trail you will find that most of those elected officials who support the war in Iraq are under the influence of AIPAC.
http://www.aipac.org/forms/join_aipacClubs.htm
Now here is the real kicker! President Bush is funding Al Qaeda in Lebanon with funds from Iraq! This is Impeachment and Treason! Here is the proof Read it!
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070305fa_fact_hersh
If you think Americas sacrifice is worth it contact your ELECTED OFFICIAL and tell them http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
The House Speakers email address: AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
info@gop.com Here is the Republican Party email address too!
democraticparty@democrats.org Here is the Democratic Party email address also!
WPA left something besides severely wounded soldiers undergoing privatized rehabilitation in housing conditions that would disgust a slum lord. Most of the $5,000.00 per second that is being spent on Iraq is obviously not going into soldier's or veteran's benefits. Instead they misplaced about $10 Billion in Iraq, some of it from the more than 300 tons of cash sent Bremer to distribute. Who needs a 401(K), eh Paul?
Congressman Cunningham managed to steer enough contracts to friends to have been worth more than $2 million in his bribes per the fee schedule for bribes he maintained on his desk, from the profits but disabled vets must pay more for their prescriptions at VA facilities.
The mismanagement of the Duhbaya and tricky dickeyII administration also allowed Halliburton to overcharge the US almost exactly the amount to cover their taxes. They got away with stealing the money from the treasury then put it back in the treasury and were credited with a tax payment. Then they decide to move to Dubai to save on taxes. It's like a bank robber leaving a teller with the robbery money and going to another teller who removes the dye packs and credit his account, but the bank's charges are too high so he changes banks.
"Of course, the Democrats will still be blaming Bush until 2016, probably, long after he's no longer President."
Wait - you Republicanazis have been blaming Clinton for everything that has happened during Bush's reign of terror (or reign of stupidity).
You republicanazis are the most hypocritical morons out there - you do exactly the same things that you accuse the Democrats of doing.
Pathetic morons.
"The sky is blue - it's Bush's fault.
My car is dirty - It's Bush's fault.
Look a big hurricane - It's Bush's fault.
The Socialists hate us- It's Bush's fault.
That's all I've heard for 6 years."
Then you should know who to blame.
Bushism:
"I mentioned early on that I recognize there are hurdles, and we're going to achieve those hurdles."
Source: Federal News Service, "Remarks by President George W. Bush," Jan. 22, 2003
Bushism:
"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it."
Source: Business Week Online, "A Gentleman's "C" for W," Richard S. Dunham, July 30, 2001
No doubt, like CJK syndrome, there is some type of pathogen or chemical responsible and definite "holes" in the dura mater and cerebrum. I'm not kidding. some sort of pathogen must be at work. I refuse to accept that the mental capacity of a good part of our citizenry could possibly be this compromised as a linear progression of genetics.
this all could be the result of undiagnosed Mad Cow disease.........
Bushism:
"The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein and his willingness to terrorize himself."
Source: The Washington Post, "With Edwards, White House Shows First-Strike Capability," Dana Milbank, Feb. 11, 2003
"The Iraqi regime is a threat to any American and to threats who are friends of America."
Source: Federal Document Clearing House, "President Rallies Troops at Fort Hood," Jan. 3, 2003
Posted by hillaryin08 at 10:10 PM : Mar 25, 2007
You are going to fail if you can't spell better than the above, you will be in the fifth grade again next year.
I suppose you think a amusement park is more important than electricity or water or bridges or roads or schools or repairing the oil facilities.
Bushisms:
"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things."
%u2014Bush, reassuring us that the wartime president of the most powerful nation on earth does not think too much
Source: Federal Document Clearing House, "Roundtable Interview of the President by White House Press Pool," June 4, 2003
"I am the master of low expectations."
Source: Agence France Presse, "Bush Says Middle East Summit 'Met Expectations'," June 4, 2003
Bushism:
"The world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership."
Source: The Boston Globe, Oct. 29, 2003
Bushism:
"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."
%u2014Bush, meeting with Iraqi citizens who received medical care in the U.S., May 25, 2004
Posted by henry6543 at 12:20 AM : Mar 26, 2007
LOL. Only the stuff he did.
Republicans blame Clinton for NAFTA, illegal immigration even though that was Reagan's fault, North Korea's activities, failing to start a war with Saddam, or fix Social Security or prevent 9/11. Bush's faults all stem from abuse of power, his propensity for lies and power grabbing, his bloodlust and desire to rule the world. At least Bush is being blamed while he is in power and we have the scandal a week going on under his watch. The wiretapping, torture, war in Iraq, failure in Afghanistan, /walter Reed, Abramoff scandal, Duke Cunningham scandal, Delay scandal, Foley scandal, Halliburton scandal, missing Iraq money scandal, Dubai Port mess, Katrina mess, Gitmo, subverting the constitution, need for war crimes amnesty law, failure to heed warnings about terrorists in 2001, lies about yellow cake, curveball, tapping phones, outing an agent, DOJ firings, propaganda debacle, Haditha, rape of Abeer, Abu Ghraib, deterioration of relations with the ME and South America and Europe, rendition, the current mess in Lebanon, and anything to do with the prosecution of our 2 wars can rightly be laid at Bush's feet since he voluntarily started them. In short, CLINTON'S FAULTS ARE MANY. BUSH & CO HAVE ONLY TWO--EVERYTHING THEY SAY AND EVERYTHING THEY DO. goodnight.
Clinton's faults
Bushism:
"And out of the evil done to America is going to come a more peaceful world, and a more better America..."
Source: FDCH Political Transcripts, "George W. Bush Participates in Welcome Ceremony," Oct. 22, 2002
My car is dirty - It's Bush's fault.
Look a big hurricane - It's Bush's fault.
The Socialists hate us- It's Bush's fault.
That's all I've heard for 6 years.
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