June 27, 2007
Bush Threatens Veto of D.C. Appropriations Bill
Via the Washington Blade, President Bush has issued a veto threat of the D.C. appropriations bill because it lifts bans allowing federal funding to be spent to enable residents to register as domestic partners and qualify for benefits like married couples, and lifts the ban on funding for needle distribution programs to drug users.
“Under federal law, legal marriage is the union between a man and a woman,” the memo says. “Federal tax dollars are not used to extend employment benefits to domestic partners of federal employees and D.C. should not enjoy an exception to this rule.”
Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Va.) was expected to offer an amendment reinstating the stipulation before the measure saw a floor vote late this week.
Democrats noted the amendment would amount to little more than a symbolic gesture since the District uses its own money to register domestic partnerships.
The House is expected to vote on the bill tonight. You can read the administration's entire Statement of Policy on H.R. 2829, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act.
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as if i need YET ANOTHER reason to despise that ignorant backwoods hillbilly from connecticut.
http://yourwashington.blogspot.com/2007/06/president-bigot-bush-threatens-dc.html
So I guess this means that the Republican Party favors MORE government oversight of personal lives. And all this time I thought it was the Democrats pushing big government.
You'd think, given all the actual important things he could be doing, he'd spend his time working on things that y'know, MATTER, instead of being an ignorant ass-clown vetoing things in a desperate attempt to pander to his base.
Yo, G.W.-- No matter how much you'd like to believe otherwise, you're not going to get another bite of the apple, so just stop being a dick already, k?
Egh.
fuck him. just fuck him.
I'm actually with the White House on this one. Sorry, folks.
I'm confused. Why would DC being using federal funds to extend employment benefits to domestic partnerships?
And then, later on, the article goes on to say that the District uses its own money to register domestic partnerships.
A lot of Republicans would be pissed if he didn't veto this.
"You'd think, given all the actual important things he could be doing, he'd spend his time working on things that y'know, MATTER, instead of being an ignorant ass-clown vetoing things in a desperate attempt to pander to his base."
Uh, didn't the Democratic Congress propose this? Talk about wasting time ...
I'm actually with the White House on this one. Sorry, folks.
Too bad you don't have the courage to stand with the President by signing something other than "guest". Har.
I'm gonna send him a douche bag in the mail
So I guess this means we've won the GWOT - Global War on Tara?
Apparently we have, since Bush can now concentrate on spreading a little hate and stupidity to the non-voting locals in DC.
So, how's that finding Bin Laden thing going?
hillrat - are you the real HR?