Democrats Looking To Make It A Long, Hot Summer For Bush And The GOP

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/06/27/democrats-looking-to-make_n_54083.html

Democrats Looking To Make It A Long, Hot Summer For Bush And The GOP

Faced with crumbling Congressional favorability ratings, House and Senate Democrats have begun a full-scale campaign to pin responsibility on the GOP for the failure to either enact key domestic legislation or to stem the bloodshed in Iraq.

Next month, Democrats are prepared to use the Defense Authorization bill to exploit fissures within the Republican coalition. Democrats plan to press the case that Republican obstructionism in Congress and the President's vetoes are behind the quagmire in Iraq as well as behind gridlock on lobbying reform, inaction on 9/11 Commission recommendations, a lack of progress on lowering Medicare drug prices, and stasis on other bills promised at the start of the session.

As part of the strategy to fracture the GOP, House Democratic Caucus chairman Rahm Emanuel intends to capitalize on Vice President Cheney's heavily ridiculed claim to be exempt from orders governing the executive branch. Today, Emanuel is scheduled to offer an amendment to cut $4.4 million from the Vice President's office, in a bid to require Republicans to take a stand on the legitimacy -- or absurdity -- of Cheney's claim.

Next month, House and Senate Democrats intend to force repeated votes on Iraq appropriations, troop readiness, and closing the prison at Guantanamo. One purpose is to coerce Republicans into taking hard-to-defend stands prior to the August recess, during which they must face their constituents.

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