I called Rahm Emanuel's office (diaried on Daily Kos) to support his upcoming amendment to defund OVP. I asked what is the name I should refer to it by when I contact my congressman?

The Emanuel Amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill.

So use that in your correspondence with your congresspeople.

He'd just pay his staff with some of that cash he stuffed in one of those big safes in his office. You know, all that cash missing in Iraq?

That fat bastard!

C&L...I couldn't download or view the piece. But thanks for posting something very interesting.
And thanks also to Susan Kitchens for the research on what the Bill is called.
Now we all need to write and turn on some heat.

Impeach Dick Cheney. He has managed to dishonor an office that had a very low ethics bar in the first place. Spiro Agnew was a paragon of virtue compared to Dirty Dick.

He is not part of the exectutive branch? When even a glance at the document proves that he is lying?

Its past time for the Congess to bring these dogs to heel.

Votes to cut off staff funding.

Votes to vote for no confidence.

Didn't Kucinich already submit articles of Impeachment against Cheney?
How 'bout a vote for that!

Cheney and the BushCo. would be behind bars by now if it were not that the Democrats are Soft on Crime.

#12-Equilibrio

You are right. Kucinich has submitted articles of impeachment against Cheney. It is well to remember that during one of the Democratic debates, not one of the Democratic candidates said that they support Kucinich's attempt to impeach Cheney. Just another reason why it is sometimes, if not most of the time, difficult to separate the Democrats from the Republicans.

our system has completely failed us. the dems for some reason are not going after these criminals and it's frustrating as hell. how far will they have to go before anything is done to stop them? cheney is above the law and there's nothing we can do about it.

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Oh for god's sakes will you people stop trying to blame the Democrats for all the evil that the Republicans do??? If you don't know how the U.S. government works then go get an old 7th grade civics book and read it. Stop pretending that because the Democrats have a slim majority in the house and a tie in the senate that they have all the power to what ever you want just not the will to do it. The Fascists love it turn everything around and blame the people that are trying to expose the Republicans for what they are. You want to vote for some 3rd party go ahead but at least take a peek at reality before you do. Where the hell do you think most of these stories are comming from? Could it be that they are comming from the investagations that the Dems are now conducting after 6 years of no oversite?

Stop funding him with oxygen!

Sorry dude, that will not help a bit. He does not breath oxygen like the rest of us. He derives all his life-sustaining needs from the blood of dead virgins, hidden in bags underneath his jacket. You did not think he was really that fat, did you?

If he is not a part of the executive bracnh that means he does not enjoy any executive privilages! Let him answer all those questions we want to ask him NOW!

Cheney should stop feasting on the blood and hearts of newborns!

Funny thing, I was reading the Constitution because I thought that the Vice Presidents salary was constitutionally mandated. Its not, in fact I couldn't find any mention of pay for the Vice President, only for the President. So yeah, cut the bastard off.

Cheney says he's not part of the Executive Branch? I accept his resignation. You did a heck of a job, Dicky!

WFT is it with this spam thing!
this is definitely ridiculous!

Missing Records: Admissible

There is a reasonable basis to shut down funding for OVP. The VP's counsel and DoJ staff, in not responding to FOIAs, has implicitly argued they are not maintaining records, as required per 32 CFR 2800.

Here are some of the legal issues confronting the OVP legal counsel (visit here). If the President will not provide for a public accounting of his security classification compliance, he cannot compel funds.

Audit Standards SAS 74 shows that auditors must review 32 CFR 2800 when planning their audit of the OVP compliance with 32 CFR 2800. However, when OVP says there are no records, this means OVP is admitting it has no documents to show it is complying with the 32 CFR 2800 legal requirements. This non-evidence/failure to produce evidence in re 32 CFR 2800 should have been documented in the auditor working papers.

Any classification of any working papers related to illegal activity would fall outside what 32 CFR 2800 permits. Only "national security"-related information may be classified under the 32 CFR 2800 standards. Once Cheney says that the evidence of non-compliance is also "classified," he's admitting that the auditor findings of illegal activity have been unlawfully suppressed -- something which is not related to national security, but fraud -- and in violation of 32 CFR 2800.

These are violations of the law. The OVP must show that he is following the law; or he cannot justify getting money. Until Cheney reforms, he has no basis to justify confidence he can manage any program, track funds, or adequately comply with specific ministerial duties in re his document retention requirements, 32 CFR 2800.

Congress must tell the OVP that until he reforms, he cannot get any money. Anything else says Congress is happy rubber stamping funds for a reckless Vice President. This needs to end. The public has options and can find new leaders.

The evil beast deserves impeachment at the least. He's had his hand up the chimps butt, pulling all the strings to this abismal mess we are in right now. He's made his fortune of 3500+ American lives and tens of thousands of maimed and destroyed lives.

There aren't words strong enough for this walking sack of human waste.

I think msnbc needs to replace Tucker with David Shuester(sp) Just watched the opening of the show and David covered everything I've seen on the blogs this morning. How rare is that?

Dean's suggestion of cutting off Cheney's money is a good one. But it won't happen. As always, the Dems are all talk. The Dems won't do anything except make more lame excuses for their continuing to aid and abet the Bush White House.

I don't think Cheney could finance things himself, as that would be bribing public officials since the funds aren't government funds.

Geez, THREATS, THREATS, THREATS, thats all you ever hear. DO IT !!!!!!!

First ask yourself this: Faced with similar intransigence, what would Cheney do?

Then do it to him.

Susan Kitchens @ 4:

I called Rahm Emanuel's office (diaried on Daily Kos) to support his upcoming amendment to defund OVP. I asked what is the name I should refer to it by when I contact my congressman?

The Emanuel Amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill.

So use that in your correspondence with your congresspeople.

Thanks so much, Susan, I'll do just that and spread the word. It's time for a smackdown!

I've a better idea: impeach him and then criminally prosecute him for his numerous high crimes, felonies and misdemeanors. Let him spend the rest of his life in a maximum security prison, stipped of his government pension and fined into lowest middle-class status.

Paul at item 45: Impeach Dickhead is NOT a new thought. It's been floated around
for well over 30 months, so as I said before, "it's nada gona happen", so at least we
can try and cut off his salary and perks since he alleges he is not in the Executive
branch of office, so write your Congressman and support Emanuel's Amendment..

Just wondering,
Does Dick have spy cam videos of the congress pups from the D.C Madam.I seem to remember his name being rumored on the phone logs before that story fell off the face of the earth,
TJB

[deleted]. And ot, never thought I'd say this, I miss haloscan.

Do not advocate violence here.

Rep Emanuel Threatens To Pull Cheney's Executive Branch Funding
[Updated 18h 52m ago | By Julie Jacobson, AP ]
By David Jackson, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — If Vice President Cheney believes his office is not an "entity within the executive branch," then a House Democratic leader says taxpayers shouldn't have to finance his executive expenses.
Cheney's office has claimed his constitutional role as president of the Senate also makes him part of the legislative branch and therefore is not covered by a presidential order requiring executive branch workers to report their numbers of classified and declassified government documents.

Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said Sunday that a court should decide whether the vice president belongs to the executive or legislative branch. "The vice president needs to make a decision," he said.

Lea Anne McBride, a Cheney spokeswoman, said Emanuel is the one who has to decide. "He can either deal with the serious issues facing our country or create more partisan politics," she said.

White House spokesman Tony Fratto said Sunday that President Bush agrees with Cheney's analysis. The executive order's reporting requirements do not apply to the offices of the president or vice president, Fratto said.

Can't we just impeach the SOB?

They always talk about personal accountability. It's time we demand it of them.

If this were a chess game, I'd say Cheney's next move would be turning over the board.

Doggiebobo @ 48:

Paul at item 45: Impeach Dickhead is NOT a new thought. It's been floated around
for well over 30 months, so as I said before, "it's nada gona happen"

Why not? Everyone keeps repeating that, but if everyone sick of his BS stood up and yelled for him to be removed I don't see why it couldn't happen. Clinton's impeachment went through despite like 68% of the public being againts it. This man's dangerous to our democracy and we shouldn't have to put up with his authoritarian behavior.

Mrsisk @59: Because MOST of the general public is toooo busy watching American
Idols/Lost/Paris Hilton, etc, etc. and because the MSM is NOT giving this the attention
needed, therefore you and I, tho totally outraged, are in the minority of "informed
citizens" and being in that category, we cannot do much but share our mutal
dissatification...waiting, and waiting and waiting for the rest of the general public
to wake up and see what is happening in this once great country.

ysbaddaden @ 53:

Oh to be Malcolm @15 again!

wake up this man is an abhorant murderous criminal

Yeah. But he has a nice smile. And such an aura of confidence. Republican women wish they were Mrs. Cheney, as they wring out their undies.

What a man. What a crack shot. What a leader.

Is there a way to cite the comment WITHOUT running the whole comment? I wanted to add to comment #32 but I didn't want to have to run the whole comment again.

Sorry, I just realized, I answered my own question.

What amazes me are all the candidates running for Pres... Don't they realize that the V.P. is Numero Uno!?

foolme @61:
I totally concur....w/minor modifications. The MSM is apparently controlled/owned/
operated by BIG business, so we the viewing pubic are not getting fair and accurate
news reports...consequently I put almost as much blame on MSM as the politicians.
And, the politicians can, hopefully, persuaded to represent their constitutants IF
they are made aware of how we feel, so it is imperative that we ALL contact our
respective congresspersons and let them know our position(s)...

Cut off the SOB's funding. And while you're at it, since he isn't part of the executive branch, demand that he no longer claim executive privilege. Demand that he disclose who attended the energy task force and disclose what they discussed. Cheney is a damned crook.

aquarius2 @ 70:

Is there a way to cite the comment WITHOUT running

Simply delete what you want to exclude inside the blockquotes.

Is that a picture of chainey singing in a karoke bar along to Relax (Don't Do It)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLrXFw76Qg

Why we keep losing America to the criminal republicans. When the republicans wanted to impeach Bill Clinton, they never let their attention waiver from that goal. On all of the major news networks, Clinton was the 24/7 story for months. Nothing would come between the republicans and their impeachment goal.

We on the other hand, knowing that there is a CRIMINAL in the White House, that he has effectively taken over OUR government, and considers himself to be above and beyond OUR laws, treat the story as if it were just another reality show episode. We put it in with the rest of the crap. We don't stay on it. The blogs whine about the MSM not covering the story, but at the same time, they aren't carrying the torch. They follow whatever bone the MSM throws them to distract them.

If we want the MSM to take this most important event seriously, then WE have to keep the story going 24/7. Have discussions ongoing about the implications of having a vice president who has staged a coup and basically overthrown OUR system of government. Have interviews of the people involved, or only those who have an opinion. Keep Cheney's picture on the top of the page with headlines of his takeover of the government. Have discussions of how Bush is nothing more than Cheney's idiot puppet. Write about the consequence to the United States of letting one man, unanswerable to anyone form our entire foreign policy. Write about the consequences to our democracy of having a man who does not believe the people of this country should know what he is doing.

We know that the MSM is not going to do this on their own, but we also know how much they whine and hate it when the blogs force them along on a story that they will not let die.

I have seen the blogs go full bore on stories before and force the MSM to at least look at them, but I don't see that here. Maybe this just isn't important enough. Like when the blogs refused to get together to do a full court press on the members of congress about the Iraq spending bill. Much better to sit and whine and pretend to be impotent and just watch as if what is going on has no effect on them. But let one company decide they don't want to hire gays or give them raises and you will see these blogs go on a 24/7 all out attack. I guess it is just what happens to be important to you, and the future of OUR government doesn't qualify.

Ho hum. So what's Slick Dick up to in today's episode.

Today's White House Press Briefings on the Cheney Branch of government are a riot:

MS. PERINO: I don't know that to be true, so I'm not commenting on it.

Q. Can you send someone out here who can? You're stonewalling. Is the President a member of the executive branch? Is he answerable to any law, to any executive order? I mean, what is this? What's going on here?

If you stop funding Dick Cheney's branch of Government he will become a Top Secret part of the Department of Defense under a new secret Executive order or some obscure provision in the Patriot Act discovered by Alberto Gonzales.

As Maddow notes, he gets a lot of cash from Haliburton, but so what. I say go for it…

Yeah but his staff doesn't

equilibrio at 12, impeachment takes a lot of time--and a lot of money. I'm not against it, but I think Emanuel's bill is a quick strike at Cheney in the meantime.

Defund 'em all. Pres, VP, JustUs. No white house electric bill, no staff, no security, no airforce one. Nothing for the next 18 months.

The real debate should be whether we can remove the "cruel and unusual" clause from the constitution when we try the Bush admin en mass. I have some very good ideas on how to elicit good responses from liars like Cheney and Bush. Their underlings (also known as ass-lickers) would break quickly. And they would beg for a deal. We will need those soldiers from Abu Graib, who can reduce their sentences by their whole-hearted participation in persuading the Bushistas to talk. Do I hear any yeahs?
Also, from the John Poindexter playbook. We could have a lottery for "The People" to get 5 minutes each in helping in the persuasion process. I'm certain there will be many millions of people signing up and buying into that lottery to win a 5 minute turn at rendition.

We have devised a plan to put pressure on the press concerning the Vice Dick They think we are not out here seething. Well, we are. Please check out my homepage to see what we are planning.

... and bush. and gonzales. and todd whitman. in fact, throw them all in jail.

The link is now dead. Anyone got a fresh working link?

Ha. Stop funding him. That's his secret wet-dream. He'll finally get to privatize the Office of the Vice President.

Absolutely! Defund the OVP down to the funds necessary for its Constitutional duties.
And strip the OVP of all secret clearances or access. The guy has military strike authority, for gawd damn.

Cut off the funds! I like it. One aspect of this I haven’t yet seen mentioned is that Cheney seems to think he’s part of the Executive branch when he claims executive priviledge. As far as I know, the Veep doesn’t have any authority to do that, but I believe he’s argued that he can make that claim under the president’s auspices, no?

Did Rahm Emmanuel come up with the idea or just take credit for it like the slimy scumbag that he is?

Thanks.

The only dime the American people should pay for this piece of shit is for his prison cell.

Waterboard Cheney !!

Why is the U.S. Congress afraid to say IMPEACH !?!?!
Why is the U.S. Press, supposed to be a free press, afraid to write/say/speak the word IMPEACHMENT ?!?!

George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have torn, stepped, spat, and shat on the U.S. Constitution that BOTH have pledged to protect.

The word of either of those two people is worthless by their respective actions over the last 6 years plus.