Rejected GOP Rejects Bush
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Lame as he is, President Bush is still being treated with extraordinary deference by Congressional Democrats, who caved to White House demands over a proposed $14 billion auto industry bailout.
Senate Republicans, by contrast, are barely on speaking terms with the man. Rudderless and rejected, they seem to be able to agree on only one thing: they have no use for Bush or his minions.
GOP senators repeatedly turned down White House invitations to join in negotiations on the plan, exchanged angry words yesterday with a White House delegation led by Vice President Cheney, and are now threatening to block action the White House says is essential to avoid a massive economic disaster.
Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane write in The Washington Post: "The House last night approved an emergency plan to prevent the collapse of the nation's domestic automobile industry, but the measure faces serious opposition in the Senate, where Republicans are revolting against a White House-brokered deal to speed $14 billion to cash-starved General Motors and Chrysler.
(More here.)
Special to washingtonpost.com
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Lame as he is, President Bush is still being treated with extraordinary deference by Congressional Democrats, who caved to White House demands over a proposed $14 billion auto industry bailout.
Senate Republicans, by contrast, are barely on speaking terms with the man. Rudderless and rejected, they seem to be able to agree on only one thing: they have no use for Bush or his minions.
GOP senators repeatedly turned down White House invitations to join in negotiations on the plan, exchanged angry words yesterday with a White House delegation led by Vice President Cheney, and are now threatening to block action the White House says is essential to avoid a massive economic disaster.
Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane write in The Washington Post: "The House last night approved an emergency plan to prevent the collapse of the nation's domestic automobile industry, but the measure faces serious opposition in the Senate, where Republicans are revolting against a White House-brokered deal to speed $14 billion to cash-starved General Motors and Chrysler.
(More here.)
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