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To: JohnM who wrote (15006)	3/24/2006 3:29:30 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541299

If the Democrats get lucky and take the House in November, Bush is going to regret flaunting the Congress like this. And driving a wedge between himself and the Republicans on the Hill only ratchets up the tension and the image of a divided party.

To: JohnM who wrote (15006)	3/24/2006 5:37:53 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541299

And here I thought Reagan had an imperial presidency... "But, he said, the statement illustrates the administration's ''mind-bogglingly expansive conception" of executive power, and its low regard for legislative power. ''On the one hand, they deny that Congress even has the authority to pass laws on these subjects like torture and eavesdropping, and in addition to that, they say that Congress is not even entitled to get information about anything to do with the war on terrorism," Golove said. "