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Republicans seem always eager to use true victims as the butt of their jokes.
“I offer a simple amendment that bars the executive branch from being
used to fund an office that does not exist in the executive branch, the Office
of the Vice President,” said Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Chairman of the
Democratic Caucus, who introduced the amendment. “There have been 46
vice presidents in US history, and not one of them…ever claimed [that the
vice president was not part of the executive branch].”(snip)
Emanuel’s amendment moved to cut all funding to the Vice President’s executive
office, as well as the funds for his residence.The latter half of the amendment prompted Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH), the ranking
Republican on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services which
funds the White House, to ask where Cheney would live.“Of course you’re going to abolish the residence, and I assume you’re
going to get a Katrina trailer to provide for the vice president since we
historically have provided housing, and you don’t offer any substitute for
the existing residence,” Regula said. “So I would think you would
want to give that some thought.” … ..
Perhaps Mr. Regula should give this some thought. When the Office of the Vice
President disassociates himself from his boss, while running amok and defying
the rule of law when it suits him. It’s time he took care of himself, because
he’s made it plain that he doesn’t care for this country or our Constitution.
So as far as a place of residence goes, let me suggest a tent. That’s all the
taxpayers should pay for this lawless incompetent.
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