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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (282255)	7/31/2002 10:36:37 AM
From: Arthur Radley	Respond to of 769670

Mikey, Suck it up and be a big boy...Clinton and Rubin have been out of office going on two years. Hell! You fellows probably want to blame Watergate on Clinton.... Hemming and Hawing doesn't take away from the fact that Shrub is a crook. Just another example is that one day he signs this great legislation to end business corruption and NOW we see the next day that he wants to change the law. And why? I know! Clinton made him do it. Grow up! Remember only a year ago you fellows were touting that how great it was having SHRUB IN CHARGE...well he is and look at what we got. "Tue Jul 30, 8:42 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hours after President Bush ( news - web sites) signed a law on Tuesday to combat fraud by companies and their accountants, Democrats said the White House may be trying to roll back whistle-blower protections in the new law for workers who come forward with allegations of misconduct. In a statement that lays out how the administration will interpret certain provisions in the bill, Bush said the protection for whistle-blowers applies only to those who provide information to congressional committees conducting investigations, but not necessarily individual lawmakers. "An individual member of Congress does not conduct an investigation," White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan said. Democrats said this interpretation constituted a rollback of what Congress intended in the new law to protect whistle-blowers from retaliation. "I would hope the administration is not beginning to water down the law within hours of the president's signing it," said Senate Judiciary Committee ( news - web sites) Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat.