Bush signs $532.8B defense spending bill (with signing statements)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_defense_bill_1;_ylt=AhVpUcy43izbUvVb_BsiHyxg.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw--

Bush signs $532.8B defense spending bill

1 hour, 28 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - With a long list of caveats,President Bush signed a bill Tuesday authorizing $532.8 billion in

The measure, for the 2007 fiscal year that began Oct. 1, authorizes $70 billion in supplemental funding to support the war on terror's operation costs, personnel expenses, equipment needs and other costs.

The White House released two pages of administration disagreements and reservations about provisions that lawmakers put in the bill.

Bush took issue with a provision that would require the Navy to keep its current number of 12 aircraft carriers. The administration is seeking permission to retire the USS John F. Kennedy.

The statement singled out about a dozen provisions that would require the White House to provide Congress with information on various subjects. Bush reminded lawmakers of "the president's constitutional authority to withhold information, the disclosure of which could impair foreign relations, the national security, the deliberative processes of the executive or the performance of the executive's constitutional duties."

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1. He uses his signing statements like line item vetoes!

......The statement singled out about a dozen provisions that would require the White House to provide Congress with information on various subjects. Bush reminded lawmakers of "the president's constitutional authority to withhold information, the disclosure of which could impair foreign relations, the national security, the deliberative processes of the executive or the performance of the executive's constitutional duties."

Among other disputed areas, the statement said sections of the bill purported to make consultations with certain lawmakers a precondition to carrying out the law. The statement said it would regard that requirement "as calling for but not mandating such consultation."

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On the Net:

Information on the bill, H.R. 5122, may be found at http://thomas.loc.gov

[aquart]

2. Ah, he can spend our money on whatever he pleases

And he never has to tell us what he did with it.

Well, now I know why he needs that place in Paraguay.

Why is this treasonous thief not in handcuffs?

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3. And the corrupt congress agrees with this lawlessness by their silence.

[RC]

4. Too bad we do not have a Congress that will enforce the laws &

Constitutional requirements about requiring the Administration reporting truthfully to them.

[GCP]

5. Retire the JFK

Poppy got his own carrier now, and killing off JFK the man obviously isn't enough.

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7. Can you imagine the blood curdling jealousy of the bush** boys

(Poopy included) knowing that the whole world knows very well that they aren't and weren't worth to lick the dirt of John Kennedy's shoes. That he will go down in history as a giant and they will go down as thugs, liars, sneak, cheats, and traitors.

[ismnotwasm]

6. An excellent time to mention how much I loathe and despise

That man and anyone he is connected with.

[leQ]

8. this mas is getting to act more dictatorship every time i read about his

'signiing statements'. i mean, what the f()#/

[leesa]

9. Do the signing statements just transfer the cash into his account?