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Democrats plan amendment to cut funds for vice president's office

Published 06/26/07

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats, responding to Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that his office is exempt from certain national security disclosure requirements, said Tuesday they will try to strip his office's funding.

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The proposal to eliminate funding for Cheney's office could come up Thursday as an amendment to an annual spending bill, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said.

Cheney set off protests from Democrats when he declared that his office was exempt from sections of a presidential order that executive branch offices provide data on how much material they classify and declassify. The White House...

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