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Bush declares emergency for inauguration
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday declared an emergency in the District of Columbia that will let the nation's capital tap deeper into federal coffers for Barack Obama's inauguration.
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Bush Declares Obama's Inauguration an Emergency
Drudge Retort — Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Bush Declares Obama's Inauguration an Emergency President George W. Bush on Tuesday declared an emergency in the District of Columbia that will let the nation's capital tap deeper into federal coffers for Barack Obama's inauguration. Posted by ...

IF YOU’VE GOT TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY TO PAY FOR THE INAUGURATION, does that mean you’re broke? Or …
Instapundit — ... IF YOU’VE GOT TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY TO PAY FOR THE INAUGURATION, does that mean you’re broke? Or does it mean the inauguration’s awfully expensive for economically tough times? ...

State of Emergency
Wizbang — At first, I thought I had misread this MSNBC headline: Bush declares emergency for inauguration . I hadn't. Of course the "state of emergency" simply means that extra Federal funds will be available, should they be needed. There won't be armed guards on the streets of DC -- unless they are ...

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