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Pelosi Speaks

By catdynamics on June 21, 2007.

This would be funny, but...

Congress questions VP Office claim to not be an entity within the executive branch

"I question both the legality and wisdom of your actions. ... [I]t would appear particularly irresponsible to give an office with your history of security breaches an exemption from the safeguards that apply to all other executive branch officials."

An elegant solution does present it self: if the VP's office is not within the executive branch, then it presumably should not receive any funding that Congress has designated for the function of the executive branch.

This might leave the VP's office somewhat sparsely populated for a while, but I am sure they can negotiate a new budget, commensurate with their status, needs and historical record, subject to the usual restraints and oversight, of course.
Shouldn't take more than 12-18 months to figure the details out.

h/t atrios

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