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AGENDA21 Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 04:40 PM
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Democrats Say Bush May Have Violated Constitution By Signing Budget!!
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats want President Bush to say whether he knew of what they call a "fundamental constitutional problem" with the $39 billion deficit reduction package he signed last month.

A letter to Bush, signed by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Henry Waxman of California and released Thursday, is the latest challenge to a bill that was passed in slightly different forms by the House and Senate before it was sent to Bush.

"A bill is not law unless the same version is passed by both the House and the Senate and signed by the president," top Democrats wrote to Bush. He signed it on Feb. 8.

The Senate version of the bill said Medicare can pay to rent some types of medical equipment for 13 months, as intended by congressional negotiators. A clerk erroneously wrote down 36 months before the bill was sent back to the House for a final vote, and that's what the House approved Feb. 1.

http://ksdk.com/news/world/us_world_article.aspx?storyid=94223
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 04:41 PM
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1. Bust 'im every way possible. Hard. - n/t
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 04:45 PM
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4. Right on! That's the only thing these guys understand
and a tactic they use whenever possible very effectively.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 04:41 PM
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2. Another Violation of the Constituion by the Criminal in the WH?
Move along folks nothing to see here....
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Sammy Pepys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 04:42 PM
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3. I don't think this is going to get very far......n/t
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 04:47 PM
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5. I don't see how it matters.
Appropriators spend what they want, when they want. Budget is little more than a guideline.
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Kare Donating Member (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 05:55 PM
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6. * violate the constitution?
Its just a peice of paper there's no need to get excited
:sarcasm:
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Justice Is Comin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 05:58 PM
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7. It's supposed to be
no small deal because the dictator knew about it before he signed it. Hastert was believed to have called and alerted he was about to sign a one-body bill. Crack---another law for the list.
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