For all of the talk from these guys about spending or not spending taxpayer money, they sure don't know how to control themselves at all with spending. Bush has a long history of spending other people's money (private and taxpayer) and it just keeps getting worse. Cracks are showing in his once disciplined party machine and even his allies are getting nervous about his international objectives as well as his out-of-control spending. He's a serial spender who can't control himself. George, it's time to get help and get your latest addiction under control. Until you admit that there's a problem, you can not be trusted to spend our money.
“The Bush administration may back down from its proposal to fully control the initial $25 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan year after senators demanded a role for Congress.
…most of the money would be used for operations and maintenance for the Army and other services. But the proposal would let the president shift the money to any defense or classified program after simply notifying Congress five days beforehand.
"I'm going to support this $25 billion, but we're going to put limitations on it because we're sworn to protect the people's money," said Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., who waved a copy of the Constitution at the witness table.
Even the panel's chairman, Sen. John Warner, R-Va., said lawmakers want to make sure "we can maintain our oversight" of the funds.” - AP/Yahoo!
