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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Now that we can all see where your level of discourse belongs, I will address the fact that you are correct. It might be a fact that Ted Kennedy did write the education bill, it might be a fact that now the democrats say its a horrible bill, it might be a fact that the homeland security bill was held up due to union wishes, and it might be a fact that the democrats have been holding up all of Bush's judicial appointees, (you DO remember 'memogate' don't you?) but the rest is opinion.
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"The President Has Repeatedly Broken His Promise to Provide Federal Support for Education. In the two years since the President signed the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, none of his budgets have come close to meeting the level of funding authorized in the Act. The FY 2004 budget submitted by President Bush fell $9 billion short of the amount authorized for 2004 and his FY 2003 budget fell $7.2 billion short of approved funding. [Office of Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, 6/9/03; Associated Press, 2/24/03]"
http://www.democrats.org/specialreports/nclb/
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...h.no.child.ap/
Democrats are upset that Bush tanked the bill by killing its funding. A great bill/policy is just a piece of paper unless it gets proper funding. The CNN article is somewhat more and less damning in the same instance. The article says that Bush's budget did try to kill funding for NCLB, but congress did not follow Bush's budget in this area and allocated more fund to NCLB. I can't see how he can take credit for something he has tried to kill several times.
"Rep. Constance Morella, R-Md., whose district includes many federal workers, joined Democrats in the Government Reform Committee to pass, 21-19, an amendment to ensure that civil servants whose jobs don't change when they move to the new department don't lose collective bargaining rights. "
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/...in515237.shtml
From the CBS article it seems like this amendment was added within a day or two; I would imagine the article would have at least hinted at some hold up if it existed. I also don't see how stripping workers of their right to collectively bargain makes the US any safer.
"After taking care to mollify Democrats with two nominees previously tapped by former President Clinton, Mr. Bush asked the evenly divided Senate "to provide a prompt vote to every nominee."
But Senate Democrats vowed Wednesday to hold up at least one of Mr. Bush's choices, a former aide to Republican Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina.
Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle said Terrence Boyle was the only one of the 11 candidates nominated against the wishes of a home-state Democratic senator.
Daschle said Democrats would seek to block confirmation of Boyle until the concerns of that senator, John Edwards of North Carolina, were resolved.
Daschle said Democrats may oppose other nominees, but have not yet had an opportunity to adequately review their credentials and philosophies.
Democrats in the Senate, which must approve all judicial nominees, are still angry that Republicans in the last few years did not act on a number of candidates for judge submitted by President Clinton. White House officials were bracing for a possible Democratic backlash. "
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/...le290263.shtml
I guess those crafty democrats have quite the scheme going holding-up all of Bush's appointments, and after the Republican were so nice to Clinton when he went to appoint judges. I would also like to point-out the aid was for FREAKING JESSE HELMS. That request is like asking for Chomsky to be appointed as a judge, it would never, ever work.
About you sucking Karl Rove's cock, I am sorry I made that statement. I am just deeply saddened that you believe everything that comes out of the White House without trying to fact check their statements. I didn't mean that you actually perform fellatio on Mr. Rove; I was just trying to think of imagery which is equal in magnitude to your believe in the veracity of White House statements. Deep-throated fellatio was simply the first thought that I had; my deepest aplologies Ustwo.