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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:24 AM
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AP: Bush warns he'll veto spending bills (weekly radio address)
Source: Associated Press

Bush warns he'll veto spending bills

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
12 minutes ago

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush warned Congress on
Saturday that he will use his veto power to stop runaway
government spending.

"The American people do not want to return to the days
of tax-and-spend policies," Bush said in his radio address.

The House passed a $37 billion budget for the Homeland
Security Department on Friday, but Republicans rallied
enough votes to uphold a promised veto from Bush.

The measure — one of several annual spending bills that
Congress began to consider this week — exceeds Bush's
request for the department by $2.1 billion.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070616/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
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kimmylavin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:48 AM
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1. Tax and Spend, huh?
Because Spend and Spend is working out so much better...
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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 09:56 AM
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2. Can we veto bush?
n/t
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 10:43 AM
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3. Oh this is rich....
This coming from a man who's party had to raise the national debt ceiling to cover his own wasteful spending.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 11:02 AM
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4. They gotta make it seem like the democrats are the ones
who ran up BUSH'S debt. After all when he took office we had a surplus.
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LizW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 11:13 AM
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5. Only for Blackwater and Halliburton n/t
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sampsonblk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-16-07 11:42 AM
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6. Why not? This coulf revive his presidency
And it appears our side is all too willing to hand him all the ammunition he needs.
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