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Old 10-13-2008, 07:33 PM   #143 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq View Post
dc, tell me did this amendment just appear out of nowhere or did congress have to vot it?
cyn....the Republicans stuck it in the 2006 defense appropriations bill...I believe, at the request of Bush, but I dont know that for certain.

IMO, it does matter because it codifies expanding the power of the president in a manner that I think is dangerous.

The Democrats tried removing it in more recent defense appropriations bills and failed for lack of a veto proof majority.
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