YAWN: Dems Attempt To Cut Off Funds To Cheney’s Office
Durbin and Waxman, a pair of tools, seem to think this is going to go their way?
Senate appropriations panel chaired by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., refused to fund $4.8 million in the vice president’s budget until Cheney’s office complies with parts of an executive order governing its handling of classified information.
At issue is a requirement that executive branch offices provide data on how much material they classify and declassify. That information is to be provided to the Information Security Oversight Office at The National Archives.
Cheney’s office, with backing from the White House, argues that the offices of the president and vice president are exempt from the order because they are not executive branch “agencies.”
The funding cut came as the appropriations panel approved 5-4 along party lines a measure funding White House operations, the Treasury Department and many smaller agencies.
Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said Cheney’s office was flouting requirements that it comply with the reporting requirements on classified information.
“Neither Mr. Cheney or his staff is above the law or the Constitution,” Durbin said. “For the vice president to believe that he has no responsibility to meet this requirement of the law is a dereliction of duty.”
I’m wondering what part of the COTUS, they are using….
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July 10, 2007 - 04:48 PM on July 10th, 2007
Reagan - A Time For Choosing
The words of Ronald Reagan in this speech ring true to our situation today.
July 10, 2007 - 05:30 PM on July 10th, 2007
Tipping for TakeOut?
Should we start tipping teachers, pilots, doctors? After all don’t they provide services too.
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July 10, 2007 - 05:31 PM on July 10th, 2007
ICE Press Release on Capture of Illegal Alien Gan
ICE, or the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency brags about capturing 124 gangsters in a June 6, 2007 press release. Before I start with my criticisms, let’s make this clear that I am not ridiculing the hard work of the officers who capt…
July 10, 2007 - 06:02 PM on July 10th, 2007
Teenaged Girls Give 2-year-old Ecstasy - Video
WARNING - VIDEO AND LINK TO MOTHER�S SITE ARE HARD TO WATCH AND CONTAIN PROFANITY AND CHILD ABUSE!!
This video was uploaded to the internet, apparently by the teenagers who made the video. It seems they not only thought it was funny to give this 2…
July 10, 2007 - 07:08 PM on July 10th, 2007
Makes sense to me. He claimed he is not part of the executive branch and thus has not accountable to ANYONE. No, not one more dime of my tax money do I want to see going to a rogue offices activities.
July 10, 2007 - 07:34 PM on July 10th, 2007
That is not what he claimed at all….here it is again…read it slowly:
Cheney’s office, with backing from the White House, argues that the offices of the president and vice president are exempt from the order because they are not executive branch “agencies.â€
July 10, 2007 - 07:38 PM on July 10th, 2007
1, Tofu, if it makes sense to you, that is the definition of nonsense!
July 10, 2007 - 07:50 PM on July 10th, 2007
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July 10, 2007 - 07:53 PM on July 10th, 2007
“Crescent of Embrace” or Just Crap?
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July 10, 2007 - 08:05 PM on July 10th, 2007
I hate arguing with liberals
I don’t mind a good debate. I think they help to sharpen the mind and help the open minded to learn and grow. Some liberals are willing to debate that way, and I have learned to respect them.
July 10, 2007 - 08:53 PM on July 10th, 2007
United Nations tells Israel Shaba Farms is Lebanese Territory
From Haaretz.com:
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July 10, 2007 - 09:07 PM on July 10th, 2007
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July 10, 2007 - 09:16 PM on July 10th, 2007
Congress must end U.S. role in a civil war nobody
I know, I know, old news, but oddly I hadn’t looked at this prior to just moments ago.Its been covered? Withou …
July 10, 2007 - 09:41 PM on July 10th, 2007
7- You have to do better on a rebuttal than that. Can you first deal with all the spamming posts though?
July 10, 2007 - 09:43 PM on July 10th, 2007
Strong Armed into Meme-ing~!
I tried to weasel mah way out by posting a miniscule, dark, evasive pic of yours truly but some of my friends just won’t let that fly.
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July 10, 2007 - 10:09 PM on July 10th, 2007
There are o spamming posts, those are trackbacks
July 10, 2007 - 11:06 PM on July 10th, 2007
If The Democratic Party Had It’s Way
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July 11, 2007 - 02:36 AM on July 11th, 2007
Liberal hypocrisy ala Aqua.
I mentioned to a commenter that the San Francisco City decision to ban water was not about money, it was about the feel good loution of banning those silly plastic bottles. Forget recycling, just ban them.
Feel better?
They seem to forget…
July 11, 2007 - 05:20 AM on July 11th, 2007
16- Um, okay, well can you group them and make them appear elsewhere like they used to and not mish-mashed in the comments as they are now?
July 11, 2007 - 05:40 AM on July 11th, 2007
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July 11, 2007 - 05:55 AM on July 11th, 2007
Issue 2: An arrogant political elite
Do I really need to post a short catalog of the behaviors of national politicians *spit* to illustrate the point that, once elected, most politicians *spit* are completely unconcerned with what the “little people” who elected them really th…
July 11, 2007 - 06:01 AM on July 11th, 2007
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July 11, 2007 - 06:41 AM on July 11th, 2007
The Knucklehead of the Day award
Today’s winner is Obiri Konjo Yeboah.
July 11, 2007 - 07:27 AM on July 11th, 2007
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July 11, 2007 - 09:14 AM on July 11th, 2007
Mc Cain Loses Two Top Aides
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When All Else Fails, Plead Ignorance . . . Or Racism
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July 11, 2007 - 09:42 AM on July 11th, 2007
Bin Laden marries grandma
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July 11, 2007 - 01:42 PM on July 11th, 2007
Michael Moore has at Wolf Blitzer, CNN and the Ma
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July 11, 2007 - 02:05 PM on July 11th, 2007
28-
See, this new system sucks. What does Michael Moore have to do with anything regarding the Dems and Cheney? Nothing. Get these ‘trackbacks’ out of our topic discussion. It’s SPAM, as I said before! Just blog whoring…
July 11, 2007 - 02:36 PM on July 11th, 2007
No it isn’t spam, it is a trackback from a linkfest and it is staying!
July 11, 2007 - 03:19 PM on July 11th, 2007
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July 11, 2007 - 03:36 PM on July 11th, 2007
30- Just saying, as those trackbacks do not participate int he topic discussion, they would be considered ’spam’. When those trackbacks were separated as before, it left our discussions insulated from the completely unrelated content.
July 11, 2007 - 03:49 PM on July 11th, 2007
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July 11, 2007 - 03:52 PM on July 11th, 2007
They are distracting.