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1 posted on 07/23/2006 9:50:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference held in 'Smugglers Gulch' along the U.S.- Mexico border in San Diego, seen in this Tuesday, March 29, 2005, file photo. A new study says Cunningham took advantage of secrecy and badgered congressional aides to help slip items into classified bills that would benefit him and his associates. Cunningham's case puts a stark spotlight on the oversight of classified _ or 'black' _ budgets. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)


2 posted on 07/23/2006 9:50:52 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......The Ca GOP: Where conservatives votes count but their opinions don't.)
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I would think this is a somewhat unfixable problem. We need secret programs and thus some of the checks on those programs are missing and thus there will be some abuses....


3 posted on 07/23/2006 9:57:27 AM PDT by gondramB (The options on the table have been there from the beginning. Withdraw and fail or commit and succeed)
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There's no way in hell that DemonRats in Congress or the Klintons were doing this. /s


10 posted on 07/23/2006 10:34:43 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("Sharpei diem - Seize the wrinkled dog.")
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The legislative branch needs to get out of the procurement business.
No legislator should be able to direct the purchase of any product or service.
They should be limited to the approval/appropriation process only.

Any and all requests for funding of projects should originate from the executive branch, whether secret or not.


12 posted on 07/23/2006 1:44:22 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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