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To: regli who wrote (59751)	4/28/2006 2:55:03 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 110194

11 US House Democrats To Sue Bush Over Deficit Bill Flaw (are you kidding me - some lawyers in congress are going to hire some other lawyers to sue Teflon man? Isn't this like revising the GDP and housing and employment numbers months later? They just revised the bill eh? Lets start down this slippery slope - it will be fun like chutes and ladders - how do we have time for all this? I thought we were fighting the terrorists?) WASHINGTON (AP)--Eleven House Democrats said Thursday they plan to file suit alleging that the $39 billion deficit-reducing legislation signed by President George W. Bush is unconstitutional because the House and Senate failed to approve identical versions. The lawsuit, led by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, is to be filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit. Similar lawsuits have been filed in other states by an Alabama attorney and a Florida-based student-loan consulting firm. "Once again the administration is playing fast and loose with the Constitution," Conyers said. "Anyone who has passed the sixth grade knows that before a bill can become law, both Houses of Congress must approve it." A version of the bill that was narrowly approved by the House on Feb. 1 contained a clerical error. That error was fixed when the bill was transmitted to Bush, who signed it Feb. 8. The White House and House and Senate GOP leaders have said the matter is settled because the mistake was technical and top House and Senate leaders certified the bill before transmitting it to the White House. Ron Bonjean, a spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., called it "another attempt by the Democrats to stop us from trying to stop spending. They'll go to all ends of the earth to make sure that Americans have less money in their wallets." Bush administration officials declined comment. House Democrats have sought another vote, accusing Republican leaders of abusing the legislative process. The 11 Democrats pursuing the Michigan lawsuit contend they were denied their right to vote on legislation signed into law by the president. The lawsuit will ask a judge to declare the act is not law and provide a temporary restraining order preventing it from being implemented. In addition to Conyers, the plaintiffs include Reps. John Dingell of Michigan, George Miller of California, Charles Rangel of New York, Collin Peterson of Minnesota, Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, James Oberstar of Minnesota, Barney Frank of Massachusetts, Pete Stark of California, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Louise Slaughter of New York. The defendants include Bush, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta and Treasury Secretary John Snow. (END) Dow Jones Newswires April 27, 2006 19:20 ET (23:20 GMT) Copyright (c) 2006 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.- - 07 20 PM EDT 04-27-06

To: regli who wrote (59751)	4/28/2006 2:57:10 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 110194

Japan March Wage-Earner Household Spending -4.0% On Yr TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Spending by Japanese households headed by wage earners fell 4.0% in March in real terms from a year earlier, the government said Friday. Despite the drop in spending figures, other data on spending, wages and jobs show improvement as economy continues to recover. The fall was contrary to expectations by economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires, who estimated on average that spending rose 0.1% on year. The propensity for wage-earner households to consume, a ratio which measures the amount of disposable income that went to household spending, rose 1.2% on year in March. Wage-earner household spending is an important gauge of personal consumption, which accounts for roughly 55% of Japan's gross domestic product. Web site: stat.go.jp -By James Simms, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-5255-2929; james.simms@dowjones.com -Edited by Jay Alabaster (END) Dow Jones Newswires April 27, 2006 20:00 ET (00:00 GMT) Copyright (c) 2006 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.- - 08 00 PM EDT 04-27-06