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Group sues to block budget law

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Wed, Mar. 22, 2006
Group sues to block budget law that never passed House

By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14157929.htm

WASHINGTON - For anyone who took fifth-grade social studies, how legislation turns to law always seemed pretty simple: The House passes a bill, the Senate passes the same bill, and the president signs it.

But last month, Washington threw all that old-fashioned civics stuff into a tizzy when President Bush signed into law a bill that never passed the House. The bill -- in this case, a major budget-cutting measure that will affect millions of Americans -- became a law because it was ``certified'' by the leaders of the House and Senate.

After stewing for weeks, Public Citizen, a legislative watchdog group, sued Tuesday to block a law that aims to cut $40 billion over five years, charging that Bush and Republican leaders of Congress flagrantly violated the Constitution when the president signed it into law knowing that the version that cleared the House was $2 billion different from the Senate's version.

The issue is bizarre, with even constitutional scholars saying they could not think of any precedent for the journey the budget bill took to becoming a law. Republicans are evoking an obscure Supreme Court ruling from the 1890s to suggest that a bill does not actually have to pass both chambers of Congress to become law.
 
lily said:
Wed, Mar. 22, 2006
Group sues to block budget law that never passed House

By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14157929.htm

WASHINGTON - For anyone who took fifth-grade social studies, how legislation turns to law always seemed pretty simple: The House passes a bill, the Senate passes the same bill, and the president signs it.

But last month, Washington threw all that old-fashioned civics stuff into a tizzy when President Bush signed into law a bill that never passed the House. The bill -- in this case, a major budget-cutting measure that will affect millions of Americans -- became a law because it was ``certified'' by the leaders of the House and Senate.

After stewing for weeks, Public Citizen, a legislative watchdog group, sued Tuesday to block a law that aims to cut $40 billion over five years, charging that Bush and Republican leaders of Congress flagrantly violated the Constitution when the president signed it into law knowing that the version that cleared the House was $2 billion different from the Senate's version.

The issue is bizarre, with even constitutional scholars saying they could not think of any precedent for the journey the budget bill took to becoming a law. Republicans are evoking an obscure Supreme Court ruling from the 1890s to suggest that a bill does not actually have to pass both chambers of Congress to become law.

Yup. The budget bill is unconstitutional. The funny part is that, before Bush signed it, Dennis Hastert had contacted him and notified him that he had the wrong version. Bush didnt like the version that passed, though, so he signed the version that did not pass.
 
He also changed a part of the Patriot Act, after all his "the sky is falling, if we don't get this signed" and changed part of the Mc Cain "torture bill".

Odd........we're figthing for democracy in Iraq and we're getting the dictator.
 
:3oops: I'm sorry...........I didn't see there was a thread already started on this topic. Could this be deleted?

Thank you.
 
lily said:
Wed, Mar. 22, 2006
Group sues to block budget law that never passed House

By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14157929.htm

WASHINGTON - For anyone who took fifth-grade social studies, how legislation turns to law always seemed pretty simple: The House passes a bill, the Senate passes the same bill, and the president signs it.

But last month, Washington threw all that old-fashioned civics stuff into a tizzy when President Bush signed into law a bill that never passed the House. The bill -- in this case, a major budget-cutting measure that will affect millions of Americans -- became a law because it was ``certified'' by the leaders of the House and Senate.

After stewing for weeks, Public Citizen, a legislative watchdog group, sued Tuesday to block a law that aims to cut $40 billion over five years, charging that Bush and Republican leaders of Congress flagrantly violated the Constitution when the president signed it into law knowing that the version that cleared the House was $2 billion different from the Senate's version.

The issue is bizarre, with even constitutional scholars saying they could not think of any precedent for the journey the budget bill took to becoming a law. Republicans are evoking an obscure Supreme Court ruling from the 1890s to suggest that a bill does not actually have to pass both chambers of Congress to become law.

Lily, you're under the false impression that the constitution matters in the Bush administration. ;)

Whether it's violating the UN and going to war in Iraq, lying to the American people about pre-war intelligence, producing propaganda news reports to influence legislation, illegally spying on American citizens, disregarding the Geneva convention with regards to torture and so forth,Bush can just do what he wants; unlimited, unchecked executive powers and the Republicans in Congress say "Thank you sir, may I have another?"
 
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