Stick To It, President Bush!
Over at the Heritage Foundation, where they haven't been terribly excited over President' Bush's fiscal policies, they are happy about his leadership regarding this latest supplemental funding bill for the War on Terror and Katrina victims.
The House quickly passed, with few changes, President George W. Bush’s request for $92 billion of supplemental funding for the global war on terrorism and hurricane-related relief. However, the Senate Appropriations Committee, in a stunning move of fiscal irresponsibility, veered far off course, adding $14 billion of non-emergency spending unrelated to the original purpose of the bill. While some senators vow to strip out this additional spending, others are readying amendments to add $10 billion more to the bill, bringing it $24 billion over the President’s request and vastly expanding its scope. But now the dynamic has changed. Last night, the White House supplied the firm leadership needed to stop the Senate from hijacking this supplemental by issuing a strongly-worded promise to veto the bill if the extraneous spending is not removed. This line in the sand deserves high praise.
Once Bush says he will do something, he does it, so I think we can count on him sticking to his guns here. Perhaps he is finally hearing the ever-increasing sound of conservatives growling about the government's runaway spending.
The House quickly passed, with few changes, President George W. Bush’s request for $92 billion of supplemental funding for the global war on terrorism and hurricane-related relief. However, the Senate Appropriations Committee, in a stunning move of fiscal irresponsibility, veered far off course, adding $14 billion of non-emergency spending unrelated to the original purpose of the bill. While some senators vow to strip out this additional spending, others are readying amendments to add $10 billion more to the bill, bringing it $24 billion over the President’s request and vastly expanding its scope. But now the dynamic has changed. Last night, the White House supplied the firm leadership needed to stop the Senate from hijacking this supplemental by issuing a strongly-worded promise to veto the bill if the extraneous spending is not removed. This line in the sand deserves high praise.
Once Bush says he will do something, he does it, so I think we can count on him sticking to his guns here. Perhaps he is finally hearing the ever-increasing sound of conservatives growling about the government's runaway spending.
posted by Jennifer at 3:58 AM
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