President Obama may have never met a "czar" he didn't like and he's not about to bid farewell to any of them now, despite a budget deal he struck with Republican leaders last week that eliminated four of these positions.

The budget compromise that Obama, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reached in the final moments before the government shut down last Friday included language effectively eliminating the czar positions overseeing health care, climate change, the auto industry and urban affairs – positions that don't require Senate confirmation.

But after signing the legislation Friday that funds the government through the end of September and cuts $38 billion in spending, Obama issued a signing statement saying he would ignore the part about his czars, arguing that defunding those positions violated his constitutional authority.

Republicans cried foul over Obama's move.

"It's not surprising that the White House, having bypassed Congress to empower these 'Czars' is objecting to eliminating them," Mike Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, said in a statement.

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who introduced legislation earlier this year eliminating nine czar positions, said Obama cannot choose which laws to follow and ignore.

"The president knew that the czar amendment was part of the overall budget deal he agreed to, and if he cannot be trusted to keep his word on this, then how can he be trusted as we negotiate on larger issues like federal spending and the economy," he said in a statement, arguing that appointing these czars without Senate confirmation violated the Constitution.

"The United States is not a kingdom run by a political director, and President Obama needs to quickly reverse course and abide by the law eliminating the czars that were part of the budget resolution."

While presidents in both parties have appointed high-level officials to advise them on a wide range of policy areas, Obama's czars have been a favorite target for Republicans, who say Obama has appointed more than any of his predecessors in a power grab that undermines the Senate's advice and consent role.

Scalise's office estimates that 39 officials are in the Obama administration and in his bill he described czars as the "head of any task force, council, policy office within the executive office of the president" or similar office, appointed "without the advice and consent of the Senate."

Earlier this year, climate czar Carol Browner left the White House and health care czar Nancy-Ann DeParle was promoted to White House deputy chief of staff. Other past czars in the Obama administration has drawn much criticism from Republicans, including former green jobs czar Van Jones and current science czar John Holdren.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/16/obama-keeps-czars-despite-budget-deal-eliminated/

Wow, another lie and some people still trust him...............

Obama likes the taste of the money teat!

And he has the balls to run again.

why does it surprise you anymore?... if he's talking, he's lying...

Ya, but still..........

I have Never seen a president that did NOT lie. I have seen MUCH WORSE from the Bush cartel. Much much much much worse.

The reality is, the political system is broken - regardless who holds the title of "President" ... might as well cry over spilt milk.

would help to teach classes on the difference between lying and disagreeing too


might as well just research it beyond the interpretations of Fox news


the statement ACCOMPANIED the signing of the bill and this is the text of the statement

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/15/statement-president-hr-1473


the final sentence uses big words , 'Therefore, the executive branch will construe section 2262 not to abrogate these Presidential prerogatives.'


construe- to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
2: to understand or explain the sense or intention of usually in a particular way or with respect to a given set of circumstances

abrogate- 1. to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act;

perogative- An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group, especially a hereditary or official right

what did bush lie about?

LOL

That might take too much of my time to explain.

George Bush (the son) was great fodder for comedians. It was a tragic loss when his term was up .... for stand-up comics. In fact, towards the end of his term, he was even funnier than the stand-up comics because he said things and didn't even give a crap how stupid it was.

yea, i figured... just like a lib to make a statement and then "not have the time" to explain it...and what was so worse than obama's lying that he is doing now? bush is past tense, can never be president again, but obama is here and now, with a chance of being pres again... so whos lying matters more now?

The 50 Dumbest Bush Quotes of All Time
A compendium of idiotic and maniacal utterances by President Bush, 2000-2008


http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/bushquotes/a/dumbbushquotes.htm

Here is a funny one;

"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."

“[Iraq] has aided, trained and harbored terrorists, including operatives of Al Qaeda.”

,,,but lets not take away the obama bashing thread from our fellow minglers by going on about Bush,,,lol

you said he was a liar, not stupid... we all know he was stupid

good point, but we can bash them both, equally...

i don't think that was a lie...it can't be proven either way, so i can't put it in the lie category...