Anyone Have a Spare Copy of the Constitution Handy?
Someone needs to pull out his constitution and check in on who reports to whom in this frayed, old republic of ours.
Yesterday, President Bush, in a speech before a friendly audience comprised of members of the American Legion in Fairfax, Virginia, said, “I'm inviting congressional leaders from both parties...to meet with me at the White House next week. At this meeting, the leaders in Congress can report on progress on getting an emergency spending bill to my desk…”(emphasis added)
Yet, here is what the United States Constitution says about reporting [Article 2, Sec.3]:
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union…
So, it is the president who gives information to Congress. It is he who does the reporting; not the other way around.
I wish Speaker Pelosi would give him this civics lesson.