Rahm Offers Amendment To Defund VP's Office

Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) is making the most of news reports that VP Dick Cheney's office said it did not have to comply with an executive order regarding classified information because it is not an "entity within the executive branch."

Emanuel offered an amendment on the House floor to cut funding for the VP's office out of the executive branch budget. Republican Roy Blunt (Mo.) dismissed the move as a publicity stunt. Catch the full video exchange after the jump...