Boehner breaks with * over spending

[babylonsister]

Boehner endorses 'emergency' spending

Bush Ally Boehner Endorses 'Emergency' Spending Above Bush Budget Cap

ANDREW TAYLOR
AP News

Dec 11, 2007 12:33 EST

In a break with President Bush, the top Republican in the House endorsed $7.4 billion in new emergency spending, even as he vowed to stick with White House's demands to hew to the president's budget limits for domestic programs.

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, endorsed adding funding above Bush's budget for border security, foreign aid and State Department operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and other purposes.

"It all passes the straight-face test," Boehner said. Later, a Boehner spokesman said the top House Republican doesn't necessarily support the entire bundle of emergency spending.

The emergency funding drew a protest from White House Budget director Jim Nussle on Saturday as he issued a veto threat on a $522 billion catchall spending bill.

That measure, under negotiation for weeks, would have cut in half, to $11 billion, the spending increases sought by Democrats above President Bush's request for the agency budgets passed each year by Congress. The $7.4 billion in emergency money — most of which has its strongest support from Republicans — would have brought the total above Bush's budget to $18 billion.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2007/12/boehner_endorses_emergency_spe.php

[Turbineguy]

1. Hmmmm....

sounds like a bent boehner...

[Parche]

2. He then started crying uncontrollably.......

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/big/12835