Bush and House GOP show unity
It was just like the old days. President Bush and House Republican leaders strode purposefully out of the White House to the waiting microphones, where the president celebrated their mutual views on housing, energy, war spending and terrorist surveillance bills taking shape in Congress.
“These are dear friends of mine who are committed to doing what’s right for the country,” Mr. Bush said last Wednesday as House leaders looked on, sharing the presidential limelight.
But it is not 2002 or even 2006, when Mr. Bush and his Republican allies could impose their will on Capitol Hill. Instead, what Mr. Bush was talking about was his determination to veto a string of emerging Democratic bills, encouraging House Republicans to stand by him in the effort even though they have to face the voters in November, when he is packing for Crawford.
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