The president has veto power over an entire bill, he does not have line item veto and most, if not all pork is embedded in a bill that will and sometimes should pass. So the president does not have the power to veto pork, only the power to veto entire bills. If he exercised it then no bills would pass. This is NOT something specific to Bush but to ALL presidents.
Congress is made up of a LOT of people of many political parties. The all have different committees that they are on and different bills that they join in on. To say that only the neo-cons or even any single group has control and is responsible for all the 'bad' in congress is to be rather blind as to how the system works. If everyone in congress was a neo-con then your statement would be true, but.... Right, me and my wife both control the finances. Two different people with agendas that sometimes are the same and sometimes not. My analogy is exactly that. there are more than one group in charge, even if they all act like children. > Of course they are. The President has veto power and Congress has > purse power. As a group, the Neo-Cons control both Congress and the > Presidency. They not only control what legislation is proposed, but > what is passed by the House, Senate, and the Executive. > > That makes them alone responsible for the Pork. > > You argument would be akin to saying that your children are > responsible for your credit card debt because they live in the same > house. You and wife alone control the finances in your house. The > kids have influence, but you sign the checks. If it's done wrong it's > your fault. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205881 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
