Secrecy may cost Cheney, Dems warn (Emanuel, Durbin, Schumer, Feinstein?)

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/secrecy-may-cost-cheney-dems-warn-2007-06-26.html

Secrecy may cost Cheney, Dems warn
By By Elana Schor and Mike Soraghan
June 26, 2007

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) yesterday warned Dick Cheney that his office would risk losing its budget unless the vice president agrees to follow a presidential directive ordering the protection of classified information.

Durbin chairs the Appropriations subcommittee on financial services and general government, which writes the executive-branch spending bill that funds the vice president’s budget.

Durbin’s warning came as Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), No. 3 in Democratic leadership, said that he would “seriously consider” joining House counterparts in seeking to yank funding for Cheney’s office after the vice president contended that his office is a hybrid entity that is neither legislative nor executive.

“The decision to exempt your office from this system for protecting classified information is deeply troubling because it could place national security secrets at risk,” Durbin wrote to Cheney yesterday. Durbin did not specify how appropriators would hit Cheney’s funding.

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[Me.]

1. May, Would Risk, Will Consider....

Are these people brain dead? How about, comply or no cash? No would, could, should about it.

[rfranklin]

3. It's posturing, Cheney has unlimited funds...

He could run on black ops money and stolen Iraqi oil until the end of time.

[WinkyDink]

2. Bwahahahahahaha! Thanks for the laugh! And I don't mean at Cheney.

[Toots]

4. Exxon is making NET PROFIT of over a $100 million dollars a day

One day of their NET PROFIT would be more than Cheney's entire budget and I would bet they would pitch in a little to help their number one benefactor. Halliburton also has had record net profits since Cheney took office. Cutting his money won't bother him in the slightest. He needs to be removed and jailed...

[hatrack]

5. Yes, but will the all-important Powder remain dry?

'Cuz that's the only thing that matters in the final analysis!