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Calling it the "agenda of the roadblock," President Bush used the 2005 President's Dinner gala to criticize Democrats for blocking his agenda and failing to offer ideas or leadership.
"If leaders of the other party have innovative ideas, let's hear them. But if they have no ideas or policies except obstruction, they should step aside and let others lead," Mr. Bush said.
Since the beginning of his second term, the president has been reaching out to Democrats to find consensus on his Social Security reform package, as well as, other major parts of his agenda. Instead of joining the president in finding solutions, the opposition party leadership is pursuing "the philosophy of the stop sign, the agenda of the roadblock, and our country and our children deserve better."
"We hear 'no' to making tax relief permanent, we hear 'no' to Social Security reform, we hear 'no' to confirming federal judges, we hear 'no' to a highly qualified U.N. ambassador, we hear 'no' to medical-liability reform. On issue after issue, they stand for nothing except obstruction, and this is not leadership," the President said.
While the president's remarks will be construed as a negative attack on the Democrats by liberals and their fiends in the media, Bush did not use the harsh damning rhetoric that DNC Chairman Howard Dean continues to use to describe Republicans and the Bush Administration.
If fairly reported by the media, the president's remarks show the truth of the situation. Democrats have not had an idea, have failed to lead, and blame their failures on anyone but themselves. Instead the say "no," obstruct legislation, and block nominees they disagree with. It is truly the "agenda of the roadblock."
Bush hits Democratic 'agenda of the roadblock' - Nation/Politics -The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
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Other Interesting Items
Financial disclosure forms were released for members of Congress on Wednesday. The annual forms show the public what members of Congress earned, own, and owe, and the investments they bought and sold during the year.
Of substantial interest to the liberal media is the financial disclosure form of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. The most interesting item was DeLay received over $400,000 for his legal defense fund in 2004, the majority coming in the last three months of the year. He also owes between $125,000 and $315,000 in attorney fees for his defense.
Senate financial disclosure forms were released Tuesday and revealed the Senate is full of millionaires plus senators with substantial credit card and other debt.
DeLay Fund Gets $400G for Legal Expenses - Yahoo! News
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Last Friday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) abruptly ended a committee meeting on the US Patriot Act after Democrats, including Rep. John Conyers (R-MI), disrupted the meeting by asking witnesses questions on topic unrelated to the proceedings.
Sensenbrenner adjourned the meeting, without following parliamentary procedure, and had the microphones turned off while Democrats were still speaking to a C-SPAN audience. (If C-SPAN was not following a liberal agenda, it would have stopped taping the hearing as soon as the Chairman adjourned.)
Yesterday, Rep. Jerold Nadler (D-NY) filed a resolution to condemn the action of Sensenbrenner during the hearing. The resolution must be voted on within two legislative days. It is likely to fail along party lines.
The tension on the House Judiciary Committee is largely the responsibility of Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI). As reported here yesterday, Conyers had held "forums" that have all the trappings of a committee meeting. Although there are no Republicans attending these "forums," Conyers presides over these meetings and is referred to by his Democrat friends as Mr. Chairman." To support its liberal agenda, C-SPAN covers these "forums" without telling viewers that they are not sanctioned committee meetings. Until recently Conyers was holding his forums in committee rooms.
House Judiciary Committee staff has told Conyers he can no longer use committee rooms until he tells witnesses that they are not official committee meetings. Conyers has refused to do so.
Conyers will be holding his next forum at National Democratic Committee headquarters on Thursday.
Dems turn up heat on chairman
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The Viacom family is splitting up. With the approval of the board of directors, media giant Viacom will become two companies.
One company will retain the Viacom name and will concentrate on movie and television production plus cable operations including the MTV networks.
The other corporation will be called CBS Corp. CBS will control the CBS and UPN networks, a group of radio and television stations, plus an outdoor advertising firm.
Stockholders of Viacom will receive shares in both companies.
Since Leslie Moonves will continue to head the CBS Corp., it is unlikely that the liberal bias at CBS News will end anytime soon.
Insiders say the split was recommended to help shares of Viacom stock to increase in value.
CBS News | Viacom Makes Split Official | June 14, 2005
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