Cheney Bucks Bush Position On Marriage Amendment
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DAVENPORT, IAâEnding speculation about his official position on a constitutional marriage amendment, Vice President Dick Cheney took a stand in opposition to presidential support for a ban on marriage equality, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
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Just past the Oval Office, in the private dining room overlooking the South Lawn, Vice President Cheney joined President Bush at a round parquet table they shared once a week. Cheney brought a four-page text, written in strict secrecy by his lawyer. He carried it back out with him after lunch.
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Vice President Dick Cheney, arriving in New York on the eve of the Republican convention on Sunday, praised President Bush&#39;s response to the Sept.
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Dick Cheney, who thrives on secrecy while pulling the levers of power, is getting caught in the glare of an unwelcome spotlight. Once viewed as a sage and mentor to President Bush, Cheney has approval ratings now that are as low as &#151; or lower &#151; than the president's. Recent national polls have put them both in the high 20s.
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday tempered comments he made earlier this week that warned of the risk of another terrorist attack if Democratic Sen. John Kerry were elected president.
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The vice president is playing a potentially pivotal role in shaping the Bush administration's ambitious domestic agenda.
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President Bush will renew a quest in  his second term for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex  marriage as essential to a "hopeful and decent" society, his  top political aide said on Sunday.
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Vice President Dick Cheney accused Sen. John Kerry on Tuesday of being an "arm-chair general" and defended the Bush administration's handling of weapons sites in Iraq amid news that tonnes explosives disappeared from a facility near Baghdad.
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Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday that he does not personally support a constitutional amendment against gay marriage but accepts President Bush's decision to pursue such a ban as administration policy.
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NEW YORK - Republicans at their national convention portrayed President Bush as a strong wartime leader, adopting a platform endorsing his agenda and putting his and Vice President Dick Cheney's names in nomination for a second term.   "We will leave here with momentum that will carry us to victory in November," Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie said to a roar of approval as the convention got under way in Madison Square Garden...
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Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that it is critical to make President Bush&#39;s tax cuts permanent during his second term, while achieving broader reforms in the tax code and bolstering Social Security.
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Vice President Dick Cheney steps into  the Republican convention spotlight on Wednesday to defend the  Iraq war and take aim at Democrat John Kerry, who blasted the  Bush administration's war failures and said, "I would have done  everything differently."
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Vice President Dick Cheney took the unusual step Friday of joining with lawmakers in signing a Supreme Court brief that goes further in support of gun rights than the one submitted by the Bush administration.
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NEW YORK - As President Bush prepared to accept the Republican nomination for a second term, Vice President Dick Cheney portrayed his boss as a decisive commander-in-chief. "He doesn't waffle," Cheney said Thursday...
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President Bush need not worry any longer about getting reelected, but he &quot;absolutely&quot; plans to champion a gay marriage ban anyway, his top political adviser promised yesterday.
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Vice President Dick Cheney, whose daughter Mary is a lesbian, drew criticism from both proponents and foes of gay marriage after he distanced himself from President Bush's call for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
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President Bush's support for a  constitutional amendment against gay marriage delighted many  conservatives but alienated a smaller but potentially important  voting bloc in a tight election.