2 Top Democrats Press Bush for Details on 9/11 Spending - P2P-Zone

JackSpratts · 27-04-04, 03:43 PM

Carl Hulse
The senior Democrats on the House and Senate appropriations committees pressed the White House on Monday for a full accounting of how the Bush administration had spent $40 billion in emergency money that was provided by Congress just days after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Building on a report that the White House had prepared for the invasion of Iraq by diverting $700 million from post-Sept. 11 emergency appropriations, the two lawmakers, Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia and Representative David R. Obey of Wisconsin, said they had "numerous concerns" beyond the $700 million about the use of the emergency money.

"When the Congress provided the extraordinary authorities in response to the Al Qaeda attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, it expected that tax dollars would be managed carefully so as to provide assistance to the victims of the attack, to secure our homeland and to improve our national security," the lawmakers said in a letter to the White House.

Mr. Byrd and Mr. Obey said that contrary to the requirements of law, there appeared to have been no consultation with Congress on how $20 billion specifically handed over to the president for his allocation had been distributed. They also said the administration had not submitted required quarterly reports on the use of the entire $40 billion for almost a year.

In asking the White House to detail how the $40 billion had been spent, the lawmakers said, "Transparency in this regard is critical."

Bob Woodward reported in his new book, "Plan of Attack," that the administration had used $700 million to make ready for the Iraq invasion without telling Congress. The administration has said it complied with all spending laws and did not use the bulk of that $700 million until after the House and the Senate had passed resolutions authorizing force against Iraq.

Republicans in charge of the appropriations committees, who have raised no objections to the spending, have said they were generally kept abreast of how the emergency money was being used.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/27/politics/27SPEN.html

floydian slip · 28-04-04, 01:43 AM

do dicks lips move when boy george speaks?

watch closer next time, i think he does.

27-04-04, 03:43 PM	#1
JackSpratts Join Date: May 2001 Location: New England Posts: 10,016	2 Top Democrats Press Bush for Details on 9/11 Spending Carl Hulse The senior Democrats on the House and Senate appropriations committees pressed the White House on Monday for a full accounting of how the Bush administration had spent $40 billion in emergency money that was provided by Congress just days after the Sept. 11 attacks. Building on a report that the White House had prepared for the invasion of Iraq by diverting $700 million from post-Sept. 11 emergency appropriations, the two lawmakers, Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia and Representative David R. Obey of Wisconsin, said they had "numerous concerns" beyond the $700 million about the use of the emergency money. "When the Congress provided the extraordinary authorities in response to the Al Qaeda attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, it expected that tax dollars would be managed carefully so as to provide assistance to the victims of the attack, to secure our homeland and to improve our national security," the lawmakers said in a letter to the White House. Mr. Byrd and Mr. Obey said that contrary to the requirements of law, there appeared to have been no consultation with Congress on how $20 billion specifically handed over to the president for his allocation had been distributed. They also said the administration had not submitted required quarterly reports on the use of the entire $40 billion for almost a year. In asking the White House to detail how the $40 billion had been spent, the lawmakers said, "Transparency in this regard is critical." Bob Woodward reported in his new book, "Plan of Attack," that the administration had used $700 million to make ready for the Iraq invasion without telling Congress. The administration has said it complied with all spending laws and did not use the bulk of that $700 million until after the House and the Senate had passed resolutions authorizing force against Iraq. Republicans in charge of the appropriations committees, who have raised no objections to the spending, have said they were generally kept abreast of how the emergency money was being used. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/27/politics/27SPEN.html

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floydian slip ===\/------/\=== Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,704	do dicks lips move when boy george speaks? watch closer next time, i think he does.