House Votes to Make Clinton Home Landmark

Associated Press via Houston Chronicle ^ | March 8, 2006, 4:34PM | By ELISABETH GOODRIDGE

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WASHINGTON — The Republican congresswoman from Florida wanted to make one thing absolutely clear: Her argument was not whether the little house in Hope, Ark., should be designated as a national historic site.

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite on Wednesday delayed for hours the House passage of a bill designating President Clinton's boyhood home as a national landmark. Brown-Waite said she wanted to draw attention to Clinton's involvement in a deal allowing a Dubai-owned company to help manage six U.S. seaports.

"It is not against President Clinton, it is not against (the resolution), but rather I wish we had more time so that the public would know how exactly involved he was," Brown-Waite said.

The bill passed 409-12 in a vote held later in the day. Senate approval is still needed.

The former president has acknowledged DP World privately sought his advice about the deal in a mid-February telephone call but has denied any further involvement.

"President Clinton is not an adviser to Dubai Ports World," Clinton spokesman Jay Carson said in a statement. "As a former president with strong ties around the world, he gets many calls from international political and business leaders."

Congress has honored other past presidents, including Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, by designating their childhood homes as national historic sites. Born in 1946, Clinton lived in his grandparents' 2,100-square-foot home on South Hervey Street until 1950, according to the Clinton Birthplace Foundation.

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"President Clinton is not an adviser to Dubai Ports World," Clinton spokesman Jay Carson said in a statement. "As a former president with strong ties around the world, he gets many calls from international political and business leaders."

Didn't his LIE-bury get a $1million donation from the UAE?

[EagleUSA]

They should have only allowed his name to be put on out-houses. One of those smells better than his legacy...

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

House passage of a bill designating President Clinton's boyhood home as a national landmark.

[Denver Ditdat]

An architectural model of the proposed historic site:

[loboinok]

"House passage of a bill designating President Clinton's boyhood home as a national landmark."

Fema has hundreds of those in Hope. Which one did they designate as a "landmark?"

[BenLurkin]

Which one is it?

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B.

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C.

[SES1066]

Ah but what about the upholstered El Camino or was that just a dream of his? The next thing to bronze would be his Sax although Hillary would need to be watched closely so that the spelling isn't changed at some midnight conference... [evil grin]

[leprechaun9]

His monument should be the sewerage treatment plant - it is designed to remove waste!

[Atlas Sneezed]

SUPERFUND SITE!

[King Moonracer]

Needs the old toilet flower pot out front, and a couple of lazy dogs.

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Will employees be required to wash their hands in "the" sink?

[Political Junkie Too]

They also demolished an African-American historic site to make room for the library. Black Landmark Demolished for Clinton Library .

-PJ

[loboinok]

"Will employees be required to wash their hands in "the" sink?"

Whatever it takes to create another "bureaucratic agency." ;)

[MaDeuce]

Will the infamous "dress" also be designated as a land mark?

[Lizavetta]

Landmark? How about skidmark?

The Clintons are low-class pigs. They will be nothing more as long as they live.

[Nakota]

How about the pickup with Astroturf? Maybe that could be a National Historic Vehicle?

[raybbr]

Barf alert!!!

[lesser_satan]

House Votes to Make Clinton Home Landmarkfill

[pookie18]

Triple barf alert!!!!