Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Democrats Move to Defund Darth Cheney's Office


Now that a majority of Americans want Dick Cheney impeached, why not start by taking away his allowance?

Raw Story: Senate Democrats moved Tuesday to cut off funding for Vice President Dick Cheney's office in a continuing battle over whether he must comply with national security disclosure rules.

A Senate appropriations panel chaired by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., refused to fund $4.8 million in the vice president's budget until Cheney's office complies with parts of an executive order governing its handling of classified information. .

Cheney's office, with backing from the White House, argues that the offices of the president and vice president are exempt from the order because they are not executive branch "agencies."

. . "This is going to further erode any sort of working relationship back and forth," Brownback said.