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Defunding Cheney

Dick Cheney claims that the Vice President's office is not "an entity within the executive branch," so Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) will introduce an amendment to the the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill to cut funding for Cheney's office. [Link]

At a press briefing yesterday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino said that Cheney's assertion that he operates outside of the executive branch of government was "an interesting constitutional question that people can debate" and a "non-issue."

On Thursday, Emanuel suggested that if Cheney feels his office is not part of the executive branch "he should return the salary the American taxpayers have been paying him since January 2001, and move out of the home for which they are footing the bill."

jon posted this at 7:25 PM
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