Posted on 10/30/2007 10:33:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Bush Republicans Have It All Wrong October 30, 2007
Washington, DC - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush threatened to veto funding important to the American people:
"President Bush has it all wrong. Voting to end the war in Iraq is not wasted time. Voting to give low income kids health care is not wasted time. And voting to care for our brave veterans is not wasted time. The hypocrisy from this White House is almost unbelievable, even from President Bush. After signing $3 trillion in new spending, President Bush and his Republican allies are playing political games to distract from their dismal fiscal record but Congress will not be bullied into giving him a blank check for his failed policies. Democrats will continue to fight for the American people, and voters will elect a Democratic president next year to ensure that the White House will listen to them."
REPUBLICANS GET A FAILING GRADE FOR THEIR RECORD ON SPENDING BILLS:
Republican Congress Failed to Adopt a Budget. Last year, as in 2004, the Republican Congress failed to approve a budget resolution. [CQ Budget Tracker]
Republican Congress Failed to Pass Almost Half of Appropriations Bills. During Bush's first six years in office, 38 appropriations bills were enacted individually while 36 were covered through omnibus spending bills, minibus spending bills or continuing resolutions. [Congressional Research Service]
President Bush Never Vetoed a Spending Bill from the Republican Congress. "Before Democrats took control of Congress from Republicans in January, Bush never vetoed any of these regular spending bills, even though they created record deficits and ran up the federal debt by about $3 trillion." [Associated Press, 7/26/07]
President Bush Signed Legislation that Exceeded His Request. In each of the past five years, President Bush signed appropriations levels that exceeded his requests. [Congressional Research Service]
* President Bush Has Been Willing to Accept Higher Levels of Total Appropriations. The difference between actual appropriations and the Bush request was nearly $16 billion in FY 2002, $9.5 billion in FY03, $10.5 billion in FY04, $4.7 billion in FY05, and $53 billion in FY06 (more than twice the increase proposed in this year's congressional budget resolution). [Congressional Research Service]
President Bush Has Signed Just 7 Appropriations Bills Before the Start of the Fiscal Year. In his six years in office, President Bush has signed just seven appropriations bills before the start of the fiscal year. [Congressional Research Service]
They should stop with the staff releases and unchain Dean from the basement. At least around Halloween.
I’d love to know who the ‘Bush Republicans’ are these days.
Lord knows I lost faith in him before the 06 election cycle, and its only now slowly being restored, just a bit.
However, if you look at what Dean criticizes him about Republicans will likely find something, if not several things, that they agree with Bush about.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Hmmm... Bush Republicans... Can Democrats be any more unserious? Can Democrats act any more childishly?
(Rhetorical questions only - if history is any guide, the obvious answer is "of course they can")...
I view it the same way.
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