Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Pelosi threat to sue Bush over Iraq bill

"Pelosi recently told a group of liberal bloggers, “We can take the president to court” if he issues a signing statement, according to Kid Oakland, a blogger who covered Pelosi’s remarks for the liberal website dailykos.com.

The president has made excessive use of signing statements and Congress is considering ways to respond to this executive-branch overreaching,” a spokesman for Pelosi, Nadeam Elshami, said. “Whether through the oversight or appropriations process or by enacting new legislation, the Democratic Congress will challenge the president’s non-enforcement of the laws.”

How ridiculous is it to sue the President for the power he has been given. I like the idea expressed later on in the article where it talks about adding pressure on the President but sueing President Bush isn't the way.

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