Yeah, support our tax cuts errrr...troops. That's always been the mantra of the 1600 Crew. Proof? Check it out.
he Texas congressman who represents President Bush's home district said Saturday that the administration and Republicans put a higher priority on tax cuts than on veterans' health care.
Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, said the House has sent Bush a $64.7 billion spending bill to fund Veterans Affairs. That includes a $6 billion increase for veterans' health care, $3.8 billion more than Bush had requested, Edwards said.
"For weeks, the White House budget office threatened to veto this bill, because it was above their request," Edwards said in the Democrats' weekly radio address.
Got that? A threatened veto because it was "above" some arbitrary spending number that the most deficit-prone Preznit evah set in his pea-brain.
The White House has threatened to veto several Democratic spending bills because they exceed Bush's spending requests.
Would no veto would have been forthcoming if the bills guaranteed say, the use of CheneyBurton outsourcing to provide VA services?
