Trying to ram Bolton's confirmation and domestic spying through the lame duck congress? That's sure to smooth things over...
"Bush began efforts to get two of his most controversial decisions approved before the Democrats take over.
Along with Bolton's nomination, Bush said he would like to move forward on legislation to retroactively authorize the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program.
Bush said he would like to see action on both issues before year's end. The Democratic-controlled Congress begins its term in January."
2006-11-10 00:37:22 · 11 answers · asked by Dastardly 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
To mick; You can spot the question by the question mark that follows it. Good luck.
2006-11-10 00:42:23 · update #1
This is nothing. Just wait until you see the HUGE long list of Presidential pardons he will spew out in the last few days of his presidency. I bet on that list will be all the Enron executives and all the crooked corporate executives who robbed and cheated their way into millions of dollars of shareholders' money. The stuff he is trying to push through Congress before he is tossed out will be nothing by comparison. Expect to see hundreds of criminals get presidential pardons in the final hours of his term in office.
2006-11-10 00:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 0⤊ 6⤋
This is Bush's best chance to accomplish these objectives. He has been forced to cooperate in the future - obviously this was not a change-of-heart, but a calculated decision that he has been forced to adopt once the Democrats take control.
2006-11-10 00:44:48 · answer #2 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is Bush's idea of doing the right thing, despite the inane whining from the idiot left.
Bolton has been doing a great job, and it was wrong for the Dems to have opposed him.
Truly, he does not need any legislative authorization for conducting standard signal intelligence operations in wartime. This seems more an act of appeasement of the tender (i.e. soft-headed) feelings of the left, who have no understanding of the inherent war powers of the Presidency, or the fact that this is an infringement on the separation of powers in the government.
2006-11-10 01:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
i in my opinion do not see bipartisan between President Bush and the Democrats in Congress when you consider that Democrats and Republicans are only like the Boston pink Sox and the long island Yankees, they are not getting alongside with one yet another and Democrats and Republicans in no way consider one yet another.
2016-10-21 14:21:49 · answer #4 · answered by huegel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be more surprised if he didn't try and do something like that. I would expect the same thing from a democratic president who was about to lose a "friendly" congress.
2006-11-10 00:46:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep
2006-11-10 00:54:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully these will constitute "special" circumstances and allow for filibuster !!!
2006-11-10 01:14:18 · answer #7 · answered by older_fat_male 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
At least he hasn't started giving PARDONS to an international criminal and fugitive so he could engage in relations with the criminals wife.
2006-11-10 00:41:51 · answer #8 · answered by daydoom 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
If I were Mr. Bush, I'd be doing a whole lot more "ramming," and a whole lot less "lunching."
2006-11-10 00:49:39 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
we really shouldn't blame bush. he only does what rove and cheney tell him. bush isn't smart enough to think of these things on his own.
2006-11-10 00:45:51 · answer #10 · answered by grumpy 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋