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The Spectacle Blog
Yesterday, Robert Novak reported:
Addressing a Republican fundraising dinner at the
Washington Convention Center on Wednesday night, President Bush
declared: "If the Democrats want to test us, that's why they give
the president the veto. I'm looking forward to vetoing excessive
spending, and I'm looking forward to having the United States
Congress support my veto." That was more than blather for a
political pep rally. Bush plans to veto the homeland security
appropriations bill nearing final passage, followed by vetoes of
eight more money bills sent him by the Democratic-controlled
Congress.
If Bush goes ahead with these vetos, it would help bolster the
arguments fiscal conservatives and libertarians were making last
fall that electing a Democratic Congress would do more to contain
the growth of the budget than reinstalling the Republican majority.
The argument they were making was that Bush would be more likely
to veto excessive spending coming from Democrats than he would if
it were Republican excessive spending. That hypothesis is looking
pretty good right now.
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