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Bush Vetoes Health and Education Bill

Posted by Michael Link on November 13, 2007 at 03:20 PM

Earlier I wrote about how your family owes $16,500.00 for the war in Iraq through 2008. Amazing, then, that President Bush decided that he will veto a health and education bill because he claims to be concerned about spending.

Speaker Pelosi pointed out that this was a "bipartisan and fiscally responsible bill" that provides "education for our children, assistance in paying skyrocketing energy costs, veterans' health care, and other urgent health research on cancer and other serious medical problems."

The Republican strategy is based on one premise: make sure as little gets accomplished as possible -- then try to blame the Democrats for the Republicans' obstructionism. It wasn't too long ago that Bush was complaining about Congress not getting enough done, in his opinion. Yet at every opportunity, from Iraq to education to children's health, he prevents as much as possible from getting done for the American people. And his Republicans in Congress aren't doing much better, attempting to block as much legislation from getting a vote as they can.

The strategy is obvious, but as recent election results showed, they're failing to fool the American people.

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