The 110th Congress
Following a meeting with House Republican leadership, Bush told reporters: “We’re near the end of the year, and there really isn’t much to show for it. The House of Representatives has wasted valuable time on a constant stream of investigations, and the Senate has wasted valuable time on an endless series of failed votes to pull our troops out of Iraq.”
He slammed the 110th Congress by complaining: “Congress is not getting its work done....The proposed spending is skyrocketing under their leadership. They have not been able to send a single annual appropriations bill to my desk. And that’s the worst record for a Congress in 20 years. The leadership that’s on the Hill now, cannot get that job done.”
Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi rejected Bush’s attacks by insisting: “The president calls congressional oversight that has uncovered tens of billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq a waste of time. We call billions spent in no-bid contracts to Halliburton a waste of money.”
Pelosi pointed to several major bills that have been signed into law this year, including homeland security legislation, a minimum wage increase, and a tightening of lobbying and ethics rules.
She continued: “Instead of criticizing Congress, the president’s time would be better spent working in a bipartisan way to end this disastrous war in Iraq, keep our promises to our veterans by providing the largest veterans’ healthcare investment in history, and providing healthcare for 10 million children.”
Bush attempted to painted the picture of “tax and spend” Democrats being in charge of Congress, saying that they have passed an “endless series of tax increases.” He pointed to recent legislation to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, the farm bill, the energy bill and a small business bill as examples of Democrats’ effort to raise taxes.
Congressional Democrats accuse Bush of attempting to rewrite history, because Bush, increased spending 50 percent over Clinton, by turning a surplus into a $400 billion deficit. Furthermore, when Republicans controlled Congress, they regularly failed to send the president spending measures on time and Bush was not threatening to veto most of those bills.
House Speaker, Pelosi concluded: “I think the president’s statement, in many respects, was a waste of time.”
He slammed the 110th Congress by complaining: “Congress is not getting its work done....The proposed spending is skyrocketing under their leadership. They have not been able to send a single annual appropriations bill to my desk. And that’s the worst record for a Congress in 20 years. The leadership that’s on the Hill now, cannot get that job done.”
Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi rejected Bush’s attacks by insisting: “The president calls congressional oversight that has uncovered tens of billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq a waste of time. We call billions spent in no-bid contracts to Halliburton a waste of money.”
Pelosi pointed to several major bills that have been signed into law this year, including homeland security legislation, a minimum wage increase, and a tightening of lobbying and ethics rules.
She continued: “Instead of criticizing Congress, the president’s time would be better spent working in a bipartisan way to end this disastrous war in Iraq, keep our promises to our veterans by providing the largest veterans’ healthcare investment in history, and providing healthcare for 10 million children.”
Bush attempted to painted the picture of “tax and spend” Democrats being in charge of Congress, saying that they have passed an “endless series of tax increases.” He pointed to recent legislation to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, the farm bill, the energy bill and a small business bill as examples of Democrats’ effort to raise taxes.
Congressional Democrats accuse Bush of attempting to rewrite history, because Bush, increased spending 50 percent over Clinton, by turning a surplus into a $400 billion deficit. Furthermore, when Republicans controlled Congress, they regularly failed to send the president spending measures on time and Bush was not threatening to veto most of those bills.
House Speaker, Pelosi concluded: “I think the president’s statement, in many respects, was a waste of time.”
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