Radio Addresses: Bush V. 12-Year-Old

(CBS/AP)  President Bush said Saturday he will sign a must-pass bill to prevent a government shutdown, but not without complaint. Meanwhile, Democrats gave a 12-year-old the microphone to defend their spending priorities.

Bush lambasted the Democrats who control Congress for not sending him a single one of the dozen spending bills funding the day-to-day operations of 15 Cabinet departments, requiring the stopgap measure while they continue working on the legislation.

"Congress failed in its most basic responsibility," the president said in his weekly radio address. He said he would sign the measure Saturday.

The bills are tied up because Democrats want to add $23 billion for domestic programs to Bush's $933 billion request for the approximately one-third of the federal budget funded by the yearly spending bills. Bush has threatened vetoes on most of the bills, eager to re-establish his party's reputation as the place to go for fiscal discipline.

The president said Democrats are planning the "biggest tax increase in American history" to pay for the new spending.

"Earlier this year congressional leaders promised to show that they could be responsible with the people's money," he said. "Unfortunately they seem to have chosen the path of higher spending."

Democrats say their spending add-ons are relatively modest given the overall size of the budget and in comparison with Bush's pending $189 billion request for Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008. And most of the additional money, Democrats say, simply restores cuts proposed by Bush to popular programs such as community development grants, health research and anti-crime initiatives.

The new fiscal year begins Monday, and something had to be done before then or the government's authority to spend money would run out.

While calling this situation "disappointing," Bush extended a bit of an olive branch to Congress. He expressed his thanks that lawmakers passed a clean temporary measure with no new spending or policies, and that the measure does the same for a popular health insurance program covering children from low-income families. That program also is the subject of veto showdown between the president and the Democratic majority on Capitol Hill.

The stopgap spending bill will keep Cabinet departments running at current levels through mid-November, extend financing for the children's insurance program, and dip deeply into a $70 billion fund for Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Listen: President Bush | Listen: 12-Year-Old Graeme Frost

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Such stopgap funding bills are routine and have been needed every year since 1994. But for the first time in five years, not one of the 12 annual appropriations bills have become law by the Oct. 1 deadline.

The children's insurance program now covers 6.6 million children from modest-income families not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid. Democrats, with significant support from Republicans, want to expand it. Their plan would add $35 billion, funded by new tobacco taxes.

Analysts say the legislation would allow about 4 million of the estimated 9 million uninsured children in the United States gain coverage.

Democrats enlisted a 12-year-old boy to promote the program during the party's weekly radio address Saturday.

Graeme Frost, of Baltimore, suffered severe brain damage in a car accident three years ago. He said the children's insurance program allowed him to get the medical help he needed.

"I just hope the president will listen to my story and help other kids be as lucky as me," Graeme said.

Bush wants a $5 billion increase in the program, and took a fresh dig at the Democrats on the issue.

"Congressional leaders have put forward an irresponsible plan that would dramatically expand this program beyond its original intent," he said. "And they know I will veto it."

[mudrose-2009]

All I can do is shake my head, put my face in my hands and ask how the hell this moron gets elected.

Posted by gmanj7

Well, when you take things out of context, you can spin just about anything, now can''t you. This program provides healthcare for people with an income of $80,000 and over. Adults are also on this program and children 21 yes I said 21 years of age are on it too. This is a flagrant attempt by the Democratic Congress to get us all into socialied healthcare. Sorry, I would prefer to pick my own doctors and my own healthcare. I don''t want the government running and ruining my health.

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[toldyouso21]

well..that was kind of pathetic. We don''t need little kids in commercials to promote a bill. We need leaders strong enough to take actions and to stand by them. Something that the Dem. congress just can''t do. How about cutting all funds for the build up which never was supposed to go past the spring, then using the money slated for it for the other programs. Let Bush veto it and cut it by 1 billion dollarsa and then send it back. For each veto--cut 1 billion dollars and wait a month between sending it back.

see, we should never forget that Bush is just a spoiled brat--so we do the mommy thing--"ya ask for a later curfew--she gives an extra hour--the kid whines--the extra hour is gone...the kid pouts--loses another hour, kicks and screams--loses a third hour--now. If the kid really wants to go out--then they shut up and learn a valuable lesson about negotiation and who has the upper hand. If the kid is too spoiled, then they really act up and lose it all and end up grounded. Note: under no circumstance should parents ever kowtow or bend to the whinings and threats of the brat--to bend once is to set up a nightmare (like we now have in Congress and with Bush). So everyone grow up a little--give a few extras but cut that spending--then when he howls and vetos--cut a little more--he will get the msg--or not--but make sure the public knows it is his call.

[johngress]

Bush On:
%Nazi fascisT %TeRRor Islam%
"My answer is bring them on." %u2014on Iraqi insurgents attacking U.S. forces, Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003
"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." %u2014speaking underneath a "Mission Accomplished" banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003
"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." %u2014Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001
"I don''t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don''t care. It''s not that important. It''s not our priority." %u2014Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002
Oh, no, we''re not going to have any casualties." %u2014discussing the Iraq war with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, as quoted by Robertson
"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." %u2014Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003
%u201CYou know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.%u201D%u2014George W. Bush, interview with CBS News%u2019 Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006
"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe %u2014 I believe what I believe is right." %u2014Rome, Italy, July 22, 2001
And badee badee badee badee badee bade, that%u2019s all folks

[socrates392]

Posted by gmanj7 at 09:58 PM : Sep 30, 2007

But what does he say about %Nazi fascisT %TeRRor Islam%? That''s all Lars008 cares about!

[larz008]

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man''s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.
John Stuart Mill:

[johngress]

Hey Lars, here are some pearls of wisdom from one of the great orators of our time, mangle mouth himself.

Bush on: Social Security
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it''s some kind of federal program." George W Bush, during a debate in St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 2, 2000
Bush on: Presidential Powers
"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well." George W Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2001
Bush on: Ethics
Well, I think if you say you''re going to do something and don''t do it, that''s trustworthiness." George W Bush, CNN online chat, 30th August 2000
Bush on: His Constituents
"This is an impressive crowd, the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base." George W Bush, Al Smith Memorial Dinner in New York, 19th October 2000
Bush on: The war in Iraq
"Oh, no, we''re not going to have any casualties." %u2014discussing the Iraq war with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, as quoted by Robertson
Bush on: I think he%u2019s telling the truth here!
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." %u2014Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

All I can do is shake my head, put my face in my hands and ask how the hell this moron gets elected.

[coffee_guy1]

One''s named percival. Another, I don''t know his name.. And the occasional ladies voice. Soft and soothing.. but miserable and dramatic.

The main guy calls himself "The Devil".

[larz008]

QUIET MERE MORTALS, YOUR INANE CHATTER DROWNS OUT THE VARIOUS VOICES IN MY HEAD!!

[lars008-2009]

AFTER 30 YEARS OF LIBERALISM,,,

After 30 years of Pearson-Trudeau-Mulroney economic liberalism, the federal Government discovered, by observing the provinces, that the fiscal conservatism of Mackenzie King and St. Laurent had been right all along. Stockwell Day

LIBERALISM IS FINANCED BY,,,

Liberalism is financed by the dividends from Conservatism. Craig Bruce

you modren society including your computer and the internet were financed by capitalims,,,

CAPITALISM WORKS,,, everything else is BS,,,

only capitalism allows anybody to become financially secure and independent,,, no other system does that,,,