"Today, we discovered that everything we learned in U.S. government class was wrong. Evidently, the Vice President does not consider himself a part of the executive branch, and therefore believes he can obstruct meaningful oversight and avoid being held accountable. If the Vice President truly believes he is not a part of the executive branch, he should return the salary the American taxpayers have been paying him since January 2001, and move out of the home for which they are footing the bill." - Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL).
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino on Vice-President Cheney’s claim that the Office of the Vice President is not an “entity within the executive branch”:
“ … a little bit of a non-story,” but is an “interesting constitutional question that people can debate.”
“ … a little bit of a non-story,” but is an “interesting constitutional question that people can debate.”
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