White House: Will veto 'budget-busting' bill (sight unseen)

[babylonsister]

I wonder if Dems are banking on a veto?


White House: Will veto 'budget-busting' bill

by Mark Silva

The year may be ending with a budget-bang, as Congress gears up to approve a long-awaited spending bill that President Bush has long promised to veto in the form that it is taking.

The White House is calling it one big budget-buster.

Jim Nussle, the president's budget director, issued a warning today that Bush will veto the "omnibus'' spending bill that Congress is serving up -- because it exceeds by nearly $20 billion what the president has proposed for the programs amassed in this package.

This comes at a time when the White House still is pressing Congress to approve a separate, supplemental war-spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan-- which will not likely be approved before the end of the year.

"According to news reports today, House and Senate Democratic leaders are nearing agreement among themselves on a mammoth omnibus spending bill, two-and-a-half months after the end of the last fiscal year,'' Jim Nussle, director of the Office of Management and Budget said today.

"Although the administration has not seen the legislation, according to press reports it would include 18 billion in additional domestic and emergency spending above the president’s budget,'' Nussle said in a statement issued by the White House. "When added to emergency domestic spending Congress already included in the Defense Appropriations bill, this so-called compromise would result in more excess spending than even the Democrats’ original budget included.

"This is not fiscally responsible,'' Nussle said. "Our economic growth and job creation cannot be taken for granted, and Congress should not burden taxpayers with billions of dollars in additional wasteful spending.

more...

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/12/white_house_will_veto_budgetbu.html#more

[babylonsister]

1. White House rejects spending bill, sight unseen

White House rejects spending bill, sight unseen
By Jeffrey Young | Posted: 12/08/07 4:12 PM
December 08, 2007

The White House responded sharply on Saturday to reports that the congressional Democratic leadership was putting the finishing touches on a huge omnibus spending bill that includes funding for the ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle issued a blunt veto threat and lambasted Democratic lawmakers for assembling the massive appropriations bill more than two months after the end of the fiscal year.

“If presented a bill like the one described in today’s press reports, the President would veto it,” Nussle said.

The measure would provide roughly $500 billion in federal government spending, including about $50 billion for the wars, according to press reports.

“Although the Administration has not seen the legislation, according to press reports it would include $18 billion in additional domestic and emergency spending above the president’s budget,” Nussle said. “When added to emergency domestic spending Congress already included in the Defense Appropriations bill, this so-called compromise would result in more excess spending than even the Democrats’ original budget included.”

In a joint statement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blasted the White House statement.

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/white-house-rejects-spending-bill-sight-unseen-2007-12-08.html

[Hydra]

2. 20 Billion is not ok when it's not going straight to Bush's cronies

but 200 is when it is?

Am I in ****ing wonderland?

[spanone]

3. why do the democrats think they can 'compromise' with the fool?

you're with him or he fucks you.

[bobbolink]

4. Poor people will be hurt, housing cut, etc., yet liberals don't seem to care.

I"ve posted this, and it just sinks.

Do any DUers actually care about poverty anymore?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2426273&mesg_id=2426273