Cheney May Meet his Match in Democratic Rep. Emanuel [View All]

WASHINGTON - For six years, Vice President Dick Cheney had his way with a compliant Republican-led Congress while dismissing Democrats as nuisances.

Perhaps the most famous example of the Cheney approach came when a Democratic senator tried to make small talk after earlier criticizing the veep. Replied Cheney on the Senate floor: “Go f— yourself.”

That was then. Now the Democrats run Congress, and Cheney faces a confrontation this week with a man who’s his match in profanity and perhaps his superior at using the machinery of government to back it up.

Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, on Wednesday will propose cutting all appropriations for Cheney’s office from the bill that’s needed to finance the executive branch.

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