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  • December 4, 2007 6:07 AM

    Democrat Tim Walz on War Funding: "I am NOT an ATM!"

    Cross-posted on OpenLeft

    "We weren't designed in Article I of the Constitution to be the ATM machine for the president." U.S. Rep. TIM WALZ, on the congressional role in setting foreign policy, to the Star Tribune Editorial Board.

    That's a great point from Tim Walz (D-MN1), who voted for the blank check bill in the Spring that funds Bush's war spending while attaching no restrictions to it. I wonder, though, if Walz means that Congress wasn't designed that way as a suggestion Congress shouldn't fund the war, or as an observation of a design flaw in Congress.

    If it's the latter, Walz and his Bush Dog cohorts that fund everything Bush asks for can pat themselves on the back for fixing Congress so it is in fact an ATM. Good job, Tim!

    Posted by Matt Stoller
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  • maxpayne [TypeKey Profile Page] :

    Oh, please ! PANSY WalzY could care a rat's ass less about the already destroyed Constitution as long as Big Money gets to control his fucking faculties ! It's fake "Democrats" like these which make me agree more with Nader that there really is no difference between the Ds and the Rs !

    Posted on December 4, 2007 8:34 AM
  • waltc [TypeKey Profile Page] :

    Don't forget the Democratic leadership that make this all possible. These folks are at the forefront of the movement to prove there is no difference between Democrat and Republican.

    And they are succeeding.

    Isn't wonderful what a giant shitpile our political parties have become?

    Posted on December 4, 2007 10:37 AM

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