Bush Prepares Request for Rest Of Bailout Funds (Obama will go along with it)

[girl gone mad]

Bush Prepares Request for Rest Of Bailout Funds
If Congress Votes Down Measure, Veto Power Could Come Into Play

Senior Bush administration officials, consulting with the Obama transition team, have prepared a plan to ask lawmakers for the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package despite intense opposition in Congress, sources familiar with the discussions said.

The initiative could create an unusual political scenario straddling the Bush and Obama administrations. If Congress were to vote down the measure, either President Bush or Obama would have to exercise a veto to get the money.

Obama officials would prefer that Bush exercise any veto rather than leave the new president with the unsavory task of rebuffing his fellow Democrats in Congress to advance a widely unpopular program, sources said. The White House has declined to say publicly whether Bush would be willing to issue the veto.

"There have been discussions between the administration and the transition team on how to proceed should the president-elect determine that he would like President Bush to notify Congress on his behalf of the intent to use the remaining $350 billion so that it will be available early in the new administration," White House press secretary Dana Perino said. "No final decisions have been made."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/09/AR2009010902846.html?hpid=topnews

[SoCalDem]

1. NO MORE TAX MONEY FOR THE BUSHites

Surely it can wait 9 more days..

:grr:

[bluestateguy]

2. If Obama gives it all to the auto industry and homeowners it could be useful

But the banks should not get anymore.

[4 t 4]

3. The banks can bite us all

give it to the people !

[rvablue]

4. SORRY! NOT ONE MORE EFFIN DIME FOR BUSH! THE COUNTRY WILL SURVI VE 8 MORE DAYS

without it.

I'm am so fucking sick of this shit. And I tend to watch my language on this site.

But I can't stand it anymore. Not one more minute. Are the Dems in Congress going to stand up and scream a resounding HELL NO! to this.

ENOUGH. ENOUGH. ENOUGH. The country is going to get any worse than it already has in the next 9 days.

Are we really going to let this lying liar who destroyed our country run out the door with the last billions left in our treasury.

UGHH!!!

[Autumn]

13. Yes we are. n/t

[4 t 4]

17. I agree not one more minute!

[malaise]

5. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

That is all

[AtomicKitten]

6. Effin hell. How accommodating is he going to be for these criminals?

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. Apparently pretty accommodating.

x(

[AtomicKitten]

12. aarrggghhh ((tearing hair out)) n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. You're not alone.

:banghead:

[ellenfl]

7. this was posted earlier. why would either bush or

obama be vetoing a bill that does not come before them.

"If Congress were to vote down the measure, either President Bush or Obama would have to exercise a veto to get the money."

huh? if it doesn't get out of congress, what will they veto? i'm (still) confused.

ellen fl

[Jakes Progress]

8. We're being scammed in slow motion.

grover norquist is living his dream.

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Scammed with our eyes wide open.

x(

[Jakes Progress]

18. Yep. Just so we can "wake up"

in a couple of years to look around and say "what the hell?" Any nation that would let bush be president twice is a nation of sheep anyway. Now we just get fleeced.

[jimshoes]

11. Jesus Christ, Can't anyone say no

to these thieves? 8 more fucking days for fuck's sake. Just no.

[gulfcoastliberal]

15. Of course, they've got to finish looting the treasury.

Sickening.

[autorank]

16. k*r Excellent find

Screw the banks. They should get nothing. Zero. If it's not for the people, then add it to the recovery program.

Not one damn dime for Wall Street Welfare