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McConnell Calls Censure Move 'Stunt'
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ABC News' Mary Bruce Report: Republican Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., spoke out Sunday morning against Sen. Russ Feingold's, D-Wis., proposal to censure President Bush for mismanagement of the Iraq war.
"The kind of stunt that Sen. Feingold just recommended on the heels of the all-night theater of Tuesday night gives you a sense why this Congress has a 14 percent approval rating," McConnell said.
Feingold announced Sunday he will call on Congress to censure President Bush for making misleading public statements on the war and heading into Iraq without adequate military preparation.
McConnell went on to criticize Congress for a lack of productivity. "The fundamental problem the Democrats have is they aren’t passing any legislation. They aren’t doing anything to make the country better, " he said. "They had one opportunity to stop the war in Iraq if they really wanted to, and that was to cut off the funding for the troops. But they didn't do that. They funded it."
McConnell made his remarks appearing on CNN's "Late Edition".
July 22, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (3)
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Why doesn't he attack the bill on the merits? Why does he think that arguing against the bill on the merits is a losing cause for the Republicans?
Posted by: Tammy Stickers | Jul 23, 2007 11:40:53 AM
Censure is a good start!
Posted by: sandra l | Jul 23, 2007 2:19:09 PM
Congress should censure it self with 14% approval rating at least President Bush gas 34% more than 2 times of congress
Posted by: Paul Cruce | Jul 23, 2007 10:37:00 PM
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