Emanuel Seeks To Defund Office of the Vice Presidency

[wyldwolf]

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel of Illinois is threatening to defund the office of the vice president in response to revelations that Dick Cheney is locked in a dispute with the National Archives over the preservation of classified documents.

Emanuel plans to offer an amendment to a spending bill next week to defund Cheney's office. The vice president's office contends that, as president of the Senate, he and his staff are not a part of the executive branch but rather an office in the legislative branch.

"The vice president has a choice to make," Emanuel said in a statement. "If he believes his legal case, his office has no business being funded as part of the executive branch. However, if he demands executive branch funding he cannot ignore executive branch rules."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/

[William769]

1. Makes sense to me.

But then again you know how them DLCER'S are.

[PDJane]

2. I was hoping that would be the outcome..........