[Iscool]

Why wait on George to propose doing the right thing when Congress can do the right thing? Then, should Bush fail or refuse to be the executive, impeach him.

I believe that's been covered, hasn't it??? Congress voted to add 10,000 new Border Agents...Bush said NO...

[Racehorse]

I believe that's been covered, hasn't it???

Much more than I originally thought, as it turns out.

Congress voted to add 10,000 new Border Agents...Bush said NO...

Not quite.

In the first year funding, it looks like he sought funding for only 210 positions instead of the 2000 he should have funded.

That was in March 2005.  By May Congress passed supplementary funding for 650 BP agents. (But not for the full 2000.)

It looks like Congress did meet my demand, though.  They passed legislation which would over five years double the Border Patrol force (from about 11,000 to 21,000).  But, Congress did not provide new money to finance the new agents.  The supplementary switched money from State Department UN peacekeeping programs to Homeland Security.

What I haven't had time to research:

• New hires included 600 positions vacant due to attrition for a total of about 618.  How many were actually hired in FY 2005?
• Why did Bush only seek funding for 210 when he was authorized to hire 2000?
• Why did Congress only allocate funding for 650 when they were the ones who authorized and expected 2000?

Whatever went on does not seem to be as honest and straightforward as I would have hoped for.