High crimes and misdemeanors. Are we there yet?

SIT DOWN, SHADDUP, AND QUIT ASKING THAT QUESTION OR I'LL STOP THIS CAR!

September 24, 2008
Reid: Bush Guilty of 'Fiscal Dereliction of Duty'
@ 1:03 pm by Hill Staff

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) slammed President Bush for "fiscal dereliction of duty" Wednesday, accusing Bush of being "absent" from the fiscal crisis and noting that the president has given only two short statements on the country's most serious economic convulsion in nearly 80 years.

"Congress and especially the American people have a right to know — where is President Bush?" Reid asked. "President Bush has sent Congress an unprecedented $700 billion bailout proposal — $700 billion straight from the pockets of every single man, woman and child in America, and yet President Bush has been absent from what may well be the most important debate on economic policy in a generation.

"I think the president should be available. He's given two brief statements to the press and a press release admonishing the Congress to accept his bailout plan immediately. Other than that, President Bush has been silent."

Reid also announced Wednesday that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will be meeting with Democrats in a caucus meeting this afternoon. Reid's office also said a continuing resolution to fund the federal government could land in the Senate late Wednesday afternoon or evening. Such a resolution must be passed by next Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown.

The White House announced Wednesday afternoon that President Bush would address the country on national television at 9 p.m.

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