De-funding the OVP produces Repub whining

i like it...

Senate Democrats moved Tuesday to cut off funding for U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's office in a continuing battle over whether he must comply with national security disclosure rules.

A Senate appropriations panel chaired by Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin refused to fund $4.8 million in the vice president's budget until Cheney's office complies with parts of an executive order governing its handling of classified information.

when you're playing tackle football with a team of neighborhood bullies matched against a ragtag team of self-anointed losers, maybe it's time for the losers to pump up the jam*...

but, predictably...

Such a step, said Republican Sen. Sam Brownback would set a terrible precedent in relations between the executive and legislative branches of government, which have historically let each other set their own budgets.

"This is going to further erode any sort of working relationship back and forth," Brownback said. "This is a patently bad idea."

and this coming from the very same senator who tried holding up a federal district court judge nomination because the nominee had attended the same-sex commitment ceremony for a NEIGHBOR'S DAUGHTER......



sam brownback has no room to talk about erosion of working relationships...

fortunately, the senate decided that senator brownback was full of shit...

The Senate confirmed as a federal judge a woman who attended a same-sex commitment ceremony, overwhelmingly rejecting the concerns of a Republican senator running for the White House.

The vote was 83-4 in favor of elevating Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Janet Neff to federal district court.

Neff in 2002 attended a same-sex commitment ceremony for the daughter of longtime neighbors.

a blast from the (not-so-distant) past...

* Technotronic

Pump up the Jam

Pump up the jam
Pump it up
While your feet are stompin'
And the jam is pumpin'
Look at here the crowd is jumpin'

Pump it up a little more
Get the party going on the dance floor
Seek us that's where the party's at
And you'll find out if you're too bad

I don't want a place to stay
Get your boody on the floor tonight
Make my day
I don't want a place to stay
Get your boody on the floor tonight
Make my day

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