red states rule
08-13-2007, 04:20 AM
I hope Pres Bush does vetos them, and sends them back to Congress. He should have taken out the veto pen years ago
Veto threats multiply with Democratic Congress
By Jon Ward
August 13, 2007
President Bush has issued veto threats against 48 bills since Democrats took charge of Congress eight months ago, in stark contrast to the eight such threats all last year when Republicans controlled Capitol Hill.
Among the most prominent of his threats are Mr. Bush's promise to veto nine of the 12 congressional spending bills, because they cost a combined $22 billion more than what he requested in the federal budget.
The showdown over spending with Democrats is part of the Bush administration's strategy to shore up support among the GOP base and to help the Republican Party try to regain momentum after losing both houses of Congress last fall.
"Mr. Bush is trying to reclaim the mantle of fiscal responsibility for Republicans. While congressional Republicans may desert him on other issues, limiting public spending has broad appeal," said John Fortier, research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Mary Matalin, a former adviser to the president, said "conservatives' raison d'etre is lower spending."
She noted that as the federal deficit continues to shrink and progress is reported from the president's troop surge in Iraq, those things are "juxtaposed with the Democrats' lack of progress on anything."
Mr. Bush may have begun to reap benefits from his strategy this week, as his approval rating inched up for the first time in months.
Democrats, however, said the veto threats are a transparent political strategy that shows that the Bush administration is "hemorrhaging."
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070813/NATION/108130063/1001
Veto threats multiply with Democratic Congress
By Jon Ward
August 13, 2007
President Bush has issued veto threats against 48 bills since Democrats took charge of Congress eight months ago, in stark contrast to the eight such threats all last year when Republicans controlled Capitol Hill.
Among the most prominent of his threats are Mr. Bush's promise to veto nine of the 12 congressional spending bills, because they cost a combined $22 billion more than what he requested in the federal budget.
The showdown over spending with Democrats is part of the Bush administration's strategy to shore up support among the GOP base and to help the Republican Party try to regain momentum after losing both houses of Congress last fall.
"Mr. Bush is trying to reclaim the mantle of fiscal responsibility for Republicans. While congressional Republicans may desert him on other issues, limiting public spending has broad appeal," said John Fortier, research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Mary Matalin, a former adviser to the president, said "conservatives' raison d'etre is lower spending."
She noted that as the federal deficit continues to shrink and progress is reported from the president's troop surge in Iraq, those things are "juxtaposed with the Democrats' lack of progress on anything."
Mr. Bush may have begun to reap benefits from his strategy this week, as his approval rating inched up for the first time in months.
Democrats, however, said the veto threats are a transparent political strategy that shows that the Bush administration is "hemorrhaging."
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070813/NATION/108130063/1001