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August 11, 2007
Huh?
"Representative Jerrold Nadler, whose district includes part of the Brooklyn Bridge, points out that the White House has so shortchanged repair work on roads and bridges, by some $90 billion, that it might make a list of structures it considers worth saving, and another list for what would have to be closed and abandoned for lack of money."
As Is: One Bridge, Needs Work
I'm curious what he means. The House of Representatives has the power control the purses of government, so how is this Bush's fault? If it was the fault of the Republicans, the Democrats have been in power for 6 months, so why haven't they fixed it? Sure maybe it wouldn't have been fixed in time, but where is the big ramp up after the change in power to suggest that the Democrats knew any better than the Republicans that infrastructure spending was being under- and miss-spent?
Article 1 Section 7
All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
Posted by OneEyedMan at August 11, 2007 3:45 PM
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