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Steven,
I was watching the hearings for a few minutes last night on C-SPAN, and had the pleasure of being able to watch the Honorable Maxine Watters wax-eloquent about the President's power to "squash" any Congressional actions taken in 1999 based on the recommendations of the Judiciary Committee, since the new Congress (and hence the new Judiciary Committee) will have a different make-up.
She used the word "squash" three or four times. It's good to see that our legislators know the proper usage and meaning of the word "squash", instead of, say, perhaps a word that you might find in federal laws (exempting agricultural laws pertaining to the vegetable "squash", of course) like, for instance, "quash"...
I guess a rudimentary grasp for vocabulary and, say, things like the law, is not a prerequisite for running for office, unless of course, you're a Republican. Perhaps the same applies to Oval Office tomfoolery???
After having conflicting and contemporaneous thoughts of humor and disgust, I turned the television off...
R,
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