Bush presses for more power to rein in US spending

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President Bush on Saturday pressed Congress for expanded veto power to rein in spending, which has exploded during his tenure to $2.7 trillion to the anger of his fiscal conservative supporters.

Government spending was about $1.9 trillion when Bush took office in 2001 but outlays on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a new government prescription drug plan, and lawmakers' pet projects have boosted the total.

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"A line-item veto would allow the president to remove wasteful spending from a bill while preserving the rest of the legislation," Bush said in his weekly radio address.
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Democrats have seen the large budget deficits, at least $300 billion a year since 2003, as an issue that could resonate with voters and help them regain control of Congress in the November elections.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-06-24T150153Z_01_N23270566_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-VETO.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

[originalpckelly]

1. If you think this isn't going to be used to extend his power in other...

areas your nuts. :-) The signing statements aren't even in the Constitution.

[msongs]

2. christofascist bush has NEVER vetoed a spending bill..NEVER

done the ultimate thing he can do to stop spending.

but and he gets away with it, so why bother vetoing?

Msongs

hear our song demos
www.msongs.com/msongsdemos.htm

[doc mercer]

3. Bush

It just gets better and better and better

[mother earth]

4. Say what? The spender in chief, the spender in every way that

is negative & zero that is good and positive, wants to rein in spending, and needs MORE POWER to do so? :puke:

[izzie]

5. Here comes that old quote about the barn

Where is Bush getting this stuff from? Bush not sending money? Give me a brake.

[TAPat]

6. Gee Whiz! When will the hypocrisy end!

Who is in control of all of the spending? Not Dems... :(

[Strelnikov_]

7. House, Senate, Executive, Courts. The GOP Controls Everything

How much more 'power' does he need?

Seems like this could be insurance in the event they lose the House or Senate in 06.

[LizW]

8. He means domestic spending

Tax dollars being funneled to the war profiteers will not be touched. The target is education, health care, social security, and any other social safety net programs that benefit the middle class and the poor.

The domestic budget is the ONLY area where Congress hasn't been a rubber stamp for Bush. He submits budgets that zero out safety net programs, and Congress puts some of it back in. It pissed him off.

With the power to destroy education and social programs, Bush will be an absolute dictator.

And don't think Congress wouldn't willingly give up this power. The Repug majority in Congress want these programs destroyed, too. Desperate people = a huge cheap labor force. They just can't destroy them because they have to run for re-election. They Repugs would love for lame duck Bush, who never has to run again, to take the heat off them.

[samsingh]

9. bush is the effin cause of runaway spending

[TomInTib]

10. Nothing to do with spending. It's all about line-item veto.

Remember when that issue was going to be the end of Democracy as We Know It when Clinton wanted it?

[Hubert Flottz]

11. Hitler needed more and more power too!