White House's Medicare Videos Are Ruled Illegal
By ROBERT PEAR
Published: May 20, 2004
WASHINGTON, May 19 - The General Accounting Office, an investigative arm of Congress, said on Wednesday that the Bush administration had violated federal law by producing and disseminating television news segments that portray the new Medicare law as a boon to the elderly.
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Federal law prohibits the use of federal money for "publicity or propaganda purposes" not authorized by Congress. The accounting office has found that federal agencies violated this restriction when they disseminated editorials and newspaper articles written by the government without identifying the source.
The accounting office said the administration's misuse of federal money "also constitutes a violation of the Antideficiency Act," which prohibits spending in excess of appropriations. Under the law, the secretary of health and human services, Tommy G. Thompson, must report the violation to Congress and the president, with "a statement of actions taken" to prevent a recurrence.
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This is somewhat out of context, because the Times must be excerpted.
Even tho he ran on giving out more goodies (prescription drug help) in 2000....we encouraged him not to go there...no more entitlements...no more efforts to paint Republicans as compassionate to get good press.
And I will also remind you that the press did NOT give Pres Bush high marks for his compassion...they simple reported on all the money he and the Congress spent on this Medicare Bill. And they actually reported what was IN the bill of course.
Too bad they don't do the same with their guy in office.
They are corrupt to the core.