Federal Judge OKs Law Signed by Bush Even Though the House Never Voted on It.
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on August 15th, 2006 10:00 am by HL
George W. Bush: Always finding new and better ways to get what he wants.
Federal Judge OKs Law Signed by Bush Even Though the House Never Voted on It.
AP
Excerpt:
Last Friday, Federal District Judge John D. Bates conducted yet another feeble judicial capitulation to the Bush Administration when he ruled that it was acceptable for the president to sign a bill that had not been passed by Congress.
As many BuzzFlash readers may recall, a clerical error created a $2 billion discrepancy between two versions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which each respectively passed the House and Senate by the slimmest of margins. The mistake was quickly identified, but Bush rushed to sign the stingier copy – which cut two years off of Medicare coverage for certain medical equipment – despite being warned in advance that the bill he was about to approve had only been voted on by one half of Congress
H.L.s Take
Congress is obsolete anyway by now. Just another example of Bush subverting the constitution to get his way. I’m sure they don’t mind. Those people on Medicare will just have to suffer while another 2 Billion goes to Halliburton to do nothing with in Iraq
August 17th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
Holy shit. Well this isn’t much of a shocker. He’s been using the Constitution and Bill of Rights as ass wipe for quiet some time.
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
August 18th, 2006 at 10:16 am
This man breaks the law every day. Impeachment time yet??