The Budget Process

In one of the surest signs yet that the "opposition" party is firmly in the pocket of W and his administration, Congressional Republicans are more upset about the federal spending bill under consideration than the Democrats are. The interested onlooker might note that the bill includes most of what Bush asked for, and also some extra money to spend on developing coal power sources. Because that's real progressive legislative policy in keeping with the preferences and long-term interests of the American voter. As of press time, I hadn't heard back from the article's author on whether or not the Congress was really planning on spending $195 billion to fix that bridge up in Minnesota, see the video goodness below.