"Life is like a veto. You never know what you're gonna get."
Posted on 06/16/2007 1:03:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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.
Democrats on Friday defended the extra money in the homeland security bill, noting it contains money to hire 3,000 additional border agents, improve explosive detection at airports and provides money to double the amount of cargo screened on passenger aircraft.
The administration, hoping to appease Republicans who demand fiscal restraint, has pledged to keep overall spending to the level in Bush's proposed budget in February.
The president has had uneven success.
Most recently, Democrats added $17 billion to an Iraq war funding bill, money not sought by Bush. All told, Democrats plan spending increases for annual agency budgets of about $23 billion above the White House budget request.
House GOP conservatives have pledged to come up with the votes needed to uphold any Bush vetoes.
"I am not alone in my opposition," Bush said, stressing that 147 Republicans in the House have pledged to stand with him. "These 147 members are more than the one-third needed to sustain my veto of any bills that spend too much."
The president, though, has backed away from his veto threat of the politically sensitive bill to fund veterans' programs. It exceeds Bush's request by $4 billion, or 7 percent....
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Yeah, before that we were "investing" in the future.
Oh I'd find somebody. There's no shortages of asses in need of a good swift kick in DC.
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Nevermind the record spending for the past 6 years now. Time to demonize those dems for all those years of republican controlled out of control spending.
Seems Bush is basically saying “hey you dont have one of them R labels, we can’t authorize anything you wanna do”. LOL he had 6 years to cut spending and hasnt done a damn thing he vetoed what 1 bill? maybe 2?
In the past lies like this worked. People couldnt gain the information at the click of a mouse. They couldnt swiftly cut through the lies and deception. They would have to rely on a newspaper or go strictly from memory. Not now, not today, lies are easily seen right through. America is waking up to the fact that both parties are part of the same game. No more transferring blame. We all know the record.
The same Homeland Security that won't secure the border, won't enforce existing immigration laws, and let TB Man back in the US while a "detain with protective gear on" was flashing on the screen?
What about social security payments to Mexicans???
(This guy's a piece o' work.)
"Life is like a veto. You never know what you're gonna get."
“...Week after week after week after week we’ve heard lie after lie after lie after lie....”-—Teddy Kennedy
It’s a shame when I have to agree with the swimmer.
“Democrats on Friday defended the extra money in the homeland security bill, noting it contains money to hire 3,000 additional border agents....”
It’s the only way to keep ahead of the DA’s moving to jail them...all will be given proper shooting etiquette lessons AND empty guns.
I can see that he is really concerned:
‘’Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation estimates that the net cost of amnesty over the next four decades will be approximately $2.5 trillion. Keep that in mind when you hear proponents of the legislation citing the misleading CBO figures they contrived to manufacture.’’
Guess he wants to tie up the money for the Mexican nationals only, no price is too high for them.
and Social Security Totalization with Mexico and sending a Naval Hospital Ship to tour Latin America...and...and..
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, OMG, that's funny. Why all of a sudden is he going to veto spending???? He's done nothing but spend since he took office......WTH has this guy been smokin' lately...........
Make sure to clean off the 6 or 7 year old compilation of cobwebs on that veto pen before you put it in your hand, George.
Was Mr. Bush trying to illustrate the old story about closing the barn door after the horses have run off?
Better late than never, I suppose.
As long as he prevents Conyers from enacting ‘universal’ health care: Once that box is opened, it’s there forever.
LOL. W is full of it. His spending would make LBJ blush.
Good point.
I'm still working on St. Paul, MN with frustration....
Well said, hear, hear——!
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