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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

$1 Million Woodstock Museum Earmark Returns Like a Flashback

WASHINGTON (Fox News) — When it comes to eliminating a $1 million in federal funding measure for a Woodstock museum in Sen. Hillary Clinton's backyard, Republican opponents may be having an unwelcome flashback.

According to Senate sources on Wednesday, Republicans are seeing tie-dyed red because of what they say might be a backdoor attempt to maintain a provision — originally sponsored by New York Sens. Clinton and Chuck Schumer — to funnel $1 million in taxpayer dollars to the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, more specifically, to the Woodstock Museum.

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