Tensions Between Bush And The Republican-Controlled Congress Never Been More Exposed...

The Christian Science Monitor Gail Russell Chaddock December 19, 2005 at 12:10 PM
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From a standoff over the Patriot Act to pushback from Capitol Hill on the treatment of detainees, secret prisons abroad, and government eavesdropping at home, tensions between the Bush White House and the Republican-controlled Congress have never been more exposed.

Much of the rift is over the exercise of executive power. Some lawmakers oppose the president on the values involved in harsh interrogation of terror suspects. Others are riled that they were left out of the intelligence loop.

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