Bush holds press conference
After yesterday’s statement, I wonder what the Prez (President Bush) had to say. Well, don’t hold your breath waiting on the President to show any willingness to work with Congress.
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From CNN.com:
Bush said House and Senate Democrats “need to work out their differences before they come to the White House,” and he threatened to veto any bill laden with “wasteful spending.”
Shortly afterward, House Democratic caucus chairman Rep. Rahm Emanuel called Bush’s news conference the “19th press conference where he was pointing fingers at Congress. I think if we did a little more cooperation, a little more compromise, and a lot less confrontation, a lot less complaining, you’ll see a lot more things get done for the American people.”
The Illinois lawmaker congratulated U.S. troops for their service in Iraq, but said what’s missing is a U.S. strategy for allowing Iraq to “stop relying on our troops to do for them what they need to do for themselves.” (more…)
