"Breaking News": ABC flashes Bush claim that it's Congress -- not
 
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:08:03 -0400


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<p><b>"Breaking News": ABC flashes Bush claim that it's Congress -- not Bush veto
-- that would stop troop funding </b></p>
<p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200704030002?src=item200704030002">http://mediamatters.org/items/200704030002</a></p>

<p>Following President Bush&#39;s April 3
press conference, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200704030002&http://abcnews.go.com/">ABCNews.com</a> flashed a "Breaking News"
alert on its website: "President Bush says if Congress fails to act on
troop funding &#39;the price will be paid by our troops and their loved ones.&#39;
" ABCNews.com also featured an article bearing the headline: "Bush
Says Democrats&#39; Failure to Send Him Iraq Funding Bill Is &#39;Undercutting Troops.&#39;
" But missing from either headline was any indication that Congress is already "act[ing] on
troop funding," having passed bills in both houses that fund the troops and that are expected to
be reconciled in conference, with the final bill to be sent to the president
for his signature. Bush, however, <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200704030002&http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/03/senate.funds/index.html">has promised to veto</a>
the troop
funding bill if it includes provisions
from either the House or Senate versions of timelines for the redeployment of troops from Iraq.
He has stated explicitly, "I&#39;ve made it clear for weeks that if either
the House or Senate version of this bill comes to my desk, I will veto
it."</p>

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