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Congress controls the purse

gbaikie — 1/7/2009 6:12:20 PM (archived)

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One good thing about an Obama administration... - TB - 1/7/2009 6:42:56 AM
- Compare what Bush inherited with what he left. - Bowser - 1/8/2009 7:30:59 AM
  - Numbers. Yet again. Read them. Yet again. - TB - 1/8/2009 3:35:59 PM
    - And what was done with Iraq war dollars v. what is done with Medicare. - Bowser - 1/8/2009 5:09:17 PM
      - Fascinating. (n/t) - TB - 1/8/2009 5:36:27 PM
- Another good thing... - TB - 1/8/2009 1:40:42 AM
- The last time we had a Democratic administration we were talking about surpluses, not deficits. (n/t) - z - 1/7/2009 5:52:22 PM
  - Congress controls the purse (n/t) - gbaikie - 1/7/2009 6:12:20 PM
- Lame partisan swipe - Buck Galaxy - 1/7/2009 3:11:17 PM
  - Please describe the process... - TB - 1/7/2009 5:37:59 PM
    - The swing analogy - Buck Galaxy - 1/7/2009 10:10:46 PM
      - re: The swing analogy - TB - 1/8/2009 1:27:25 AM
        
        re: The swing analogy - Buck Galaxy - 1/8/2009 5:28:27 PM
        
        From the Wall Street Journal - TB - 1/9/2009 6:02:29 AM
  - Yep. Those deficits are part of the Bush legacy. - Bowser - 1/7/2009 3:38:36 PM

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