Video:Rahm Emanuel:Vote to defund Cheney’s office

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Vote to defund Cheney’s office to be held this week

Reacting to the Office of the Vice President’s assertion that it is not an “entity within the executive branch,” Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) announced that he will introduce an amendment to cut off funding to Cheney’s office. Emanuel discussed the legislation on MSNBC tonight:

(Cheney) is acting like he’s unaccountable to anybody…and he’s taking an unbelievable step saying he’s not a member of the executive branch, he’s a member of the legislative branch, therefore he doesn’t have to provide information. … So I said, If that’s your logic, then we shouldn’t be funding you through the executive branch. Either Wednesday or Thursday my amendment will be on the floor, because the funding for the executive branch is on the floor. And I’ll strike the money for the Vice President’s Office. He can live off the Senate presidency budget that funds him up here. And that’s fine. But if he’s going to be funded in the executive branch, he complies with the rules that apply to everybody. He is not above the rules of the executive branch.

Watch the segment:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/25/vote-to-defund-cheneys-office-to-be-held-this-week/

[Catch22Dem]

1. Fuck yeah!

That's the best thing I've ever heard him say.

[northofdenali]

2. Nah. Don't totally defund it. Just outsource it to somewhere. n/t

[IChing]

3. Still not on his website. And he said that last week.

You would think it would be on his website.
http://www.house.gov/emanuel/index.shtml

[Emit]

4. I hope he's serious and not just f-n around n/t

[populistdriven]

5. So was this just Hot Air? nt