þri. 26.6.2007
Demokratar leggja til að skrifstofa Cheney verði skorin af fjárlögum, enda sé hann ekki ríkisstofnun...
Following Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that his office is not a part of the executive branch of the US government, Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) plans to introduce an amendment to the the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill to cut funding for Cheney's office.
The amendment to the bill that sets the funding for the executive branch will be considered next week in the House of Representatives.
"The Vice President has a choice to make. If he believes his legal case, his office has no business being funded as part of the executive branch," said Emanuel in a statement released to RAW STORY. "However, if he demands executive branch funding he cannot ignore executive branch rules. At the very least, the Vice President should be consistent. This amendment will ensure that the Vice President's funding is consistent with his legal arguments."
At a press briefing yesterday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino said that Cheney's assertion that he operates outside of the executive branch of government was "an interesting constitutional question that people can debate" and a "non-issue."
...after repeatedly refusing to comply with a routine annual request from the archives for data on his staffs classification of internal documents, the vice presidents office in 2004 blocked an on-site inspection of records that other agencies of the executive branch regularly go through.
... starting in 2003, the vice presidents office began refusing to supply the information. In 2004, it blocked an on-site inspection by Mr. Leonards office that was routinely carried out across the government to check whether documents were being properly labeled and safely stored.
In January, Mr. Leonard (yfirmaður ISOO) wrote to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales asking that he resolve the question. Erik Ablin, a Justice Department spokesman, said last night, This matter is currently under review in the department.
Dómsmálaráðuneytið var spurt í janúar síðastliðnum hvort varaforsetaembættið væri hluti framkvæmdavaldsins eða ekki - fimm mánuðum síðar hefur Alberto Gonzales ekki getað gert upp hug sinn!
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