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Signing Statements
Among the presidential powers the Bush-Cheney Administration has worked to expand are "to act in defiance of laws passed by Congress, to shield itself from outside oversight and to impose greater political control over the permanent government." The Globe exposed the role of "a previously obscure device called a "presidential signing statement." President Bush "has employed this mechanism to claim the right to ignore more than 800 laws, asserting that he can set aside any bill provision conflicting with his interpretation of the powers given to him by the Constitution." This power has been used in place of the more limited presidential veto, and "he has used it more often than all previous presidents combined." This has been a push from Vice President Cheney's office, as his history of asserting nearly unlimited presidential power is also examined.
Tags: Signing statements; Bush Administration; presidential veto; Vice President Dick Cheney; presidential powers
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Palace Revolt
This investigation, "tells the definitive story of how a small coterie of conservative Bush appointees led a quietly effective rebellion against the administration’s most controversial polices in the war on terror. Principally residing in the Justice Department, relying on the law and their conscience, these brave public servants took on powerful hardliners in the office of Vice President Dick Cheney, the Defense Department, and elsewhere.
Tags: politicians; politics; federal government; War on Terror; Iraq; Afghanistan
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The Lie Factory
An investigative piece featured in Mother Jones, this article exposes a secret Pentagon unit which was established just weeks after the events of September 11. The unit, known as the Office of Special Plans, passed on intelligence from Iraq's weapons programs and Al Qaeda ties to Vice President Cheney. According the the questionnaire, the report "also traced the links between neo-conservative Washington think tanks that had for years advocated invading Iraq, and the Pentagon unit, which was under the direction of Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Undersecretary Douglas J. Feith."
Tags: 9/11; Office of Special Plans; Iraq; Pentagon; Dick Cheney; Al Qaeda; Paul Wolfowitz; Douglas Feith
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"All in the Family"
This investigation showed how the military contracting process in Iraq is replete with cozy relationships between the Pentagon and industry that raise potential conflicts of interest. The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a secretive $7 billion no-bid contract for oil field services in Iraq to Halliburton, whose chief Washington lobbyist was a top official at the corps and whose former CEO is Vice President Dick Cheney. Furthermore, nine members of the Defense Policy Board, which advises the Pentagon, have financial ties to companies that won billions of dollars in defense contracts.
Tags: Halliburton; Iraq; Gulf War; oil industry; Army Corps of Engineers; Defense Department; contracts; political connections; Pentagon
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The $87 Billion Money Pit
Newsweek looks at the costs that the Bush government will incur for the rebuilding of Iraq. The reporters uncovered that the government gave most of the contracts to a company named Halliburton which is led by Vice President Dick Cheney.
Tags: Bush Government; VIce President Dick Cheney; Halliburton
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Here, there, everywhere. How did the British government get so deeply involved in the U.S. weapons complex cleanup?
Hugh Collins, the chairman of British Nuclear Fuels was delighted by Vice President Dick Cheney's recommendation that the United Stats take a new look at nuclear power and nuclear fuel reprocessing. What makes the Cheney plan particularly significant for BNFL is the fact that in 1999 the company bought Westinghouse Electric Co., which designed half of the world's nuclear power plants and 60 percent of those in the United States. The article has more on the history and plans of the BNFL in America.
Tags: weapons; British government; British Nuclear Fuels; BNFL
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Rollback: A Corporate Feeding Frenzy During Bush's Honeymoon
A Multinational Monitor investigative packet looks at the first hundred days for the George W. Bush administration, and finds that the cabinet has "aggressively carried forward the corporate agenda." The stories within the packet focus on the negative consequences to the environment, workers, public health, consumers, civil rights, mining, etc., resulting from the suspension or rescinding of important regulations. One of the articles sheds light on the new bankruptcy rules that favor the automobile industry and finance companies, while diminishing the chance of financially devastated low-income families to resume "lives as productive members of their community." A separate piece reveals the background and the corporate connections of vice-[president Dick Cheney. The packet includes profiles of the members of Bush's "corporate cabinet," and dissects some possible motives that might have inspired their actions in the first 100 days. The profiled officials are: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, EPA Administrator Christine Whitman, Veteran Affairs Secretary Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton, Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Education Rod Paige, Director Office of Management and Budget Mitch Daniels, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, Secretary of Transportation Norm Minetta, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman, National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Tags: politics; business; money and politics; Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); musculoskeletal disorders; cancer; drinking water; arsenic; ergonomic injuries; roads; forests; bankruptcy
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Power Politics: Energy Crisis Offers Clues to the Workings of Bush Administration
The Wall Street Journal examines how George W. Bush handled the energy crisis in California during the first weeks of his presidency. The story finds that Bush "has leaned heavily on Vice President Dick Cheney" in order to "stick doggedly to his chosen public message." The author reports that "Mr. Bush bent his free-market, limited-government principles to accommodate a crisis, but so far only a little: He offered a single two-week extension of Mr. Clinton's executive order directing suppliers to sell power to nearly bankrupt California utilities." The story cites top politicians on how the Western energy crisis will impact Bush's popularity and commitment to open markets.
Tags: politics; White House; California; energy crisis; Dick Cheney; utilities; economics; price caps; oil; electricity