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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 913852" data-attributes="member: 1246"><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/12/15/white-house-says-queen-michelle-will-fly-separately-to-hawaii-for-17-day-vacation-costing-taxpayers-upwards-of-100k/" target="_blank">White House Says Queen Michelle Will Fly Separately To Hawaii For 17-Day Vacation Costing Taxpayers Upwards of $100K…</a>The kicker: Obama issued an <a href="http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/11/09/obama-cut-government-purchases-plaques/" target="_blank">executive order</a> on November 9th titled “promoting efficient spending” which instructed government agencies to avoid unnecessary plane trips.Via <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/44/post/president-obama-to-stay-behind-while-michelle-obama-daughters-head-to-hawaii/2011/12/15/gIQACrLsvO_blog.html?wprss=44&amp;tid=sm_twitter_postpolitics" target="_blank">WaPo</a>:First lady Michelle Obama and first daughters Sasha and Malia are headed to Hono lulu on Friday for a 17-day vacation — without the president.

At least for now.

With the White House and Congress embroiled in a standoff over a spending bill and payroll tax cut proposal that could lead to a government shutdown Saturday, Obama appears ready to make good on his promise to stay in Washington until the issues are resolved.

The White House announced Wednesday that the rest of the first family would leave Washington Friday evening after delivering toys and gifts to the Marines Corps’ Toys for Tots program. As of now, the president will not be on the plane with them, unless an agreement is reached in the next 36 hours.
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 913852, member: 1246"] [URL='http://weaselzippers.us/2011/12/15/white-house-says-queen-michelle-will-fly-separately-to-hawaii-for-17-day-vacation-costing-taxpayers-upwards-of-100k/']White House Says Queen Michelle Will Fly Separately To Hawaii For 17-Day Vacation Costing Taxpayers Upwards of $100K…[/URL] The kicker: Obama issued an [URL='http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/11/09/obama-cut-government-purchases-plaques/']executive order[/URL] on November 9th titled “promoting efficient spending” which instructed government agencies to avoid unnecessary plane trips. Via [URL='http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/44/post/president-obama-to-stay-behind-while-michelle-obama-daughters-head-to-hawaii/2011/12/15/gIQACrLsvO_blog.html?wprss=44&tid=sm_twitter_postpolitics']WaPo[/URL]: [INDENT]First lady Michelle Obama and first daughters Sasha and Malia are headed to Hono lulu on Friday for a 17-day vacation — without the president. At least for now. With the White House and Congress embroiled in a standoff over a spending bill and payroll tax cut proposal that could lead to a government shutdown Saturday, Obama appears ready to make good on his promise to stay in Washington until the issues are resolved. The White House announced Wednesday that the rest of the first family would leave Washington Friday evening after delivering toys and gifts to the Marines Corps’ Toys for Tots program. As of now, the president will not be on the plane with them, unless an agreement is reached in the next 36 hours. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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