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Vetoes are better late than never
The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner Oct 3, 2007 3:00 AM (804 days ago)WASHINGTON House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., harshly criticized President George W. Bush for threatening to veto eight of 12 appropriations bills because Democrats want to spend $23 billion more than he proposed — after signing bills that raised federal spending 7 percent annually when Republicans were in power. “Please, Mr. President, do not lecture us about fiscal responsibility,” Hoyer said during a recent speech at the National Press Club. He has a point. Republicans lost their majority in Congress in great part because of their profligate spending. Federal outlays actually increased faster under Bush and the GOP majority in Congress than they did during the 1990s under Bill Clinton.
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