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But see what Obama started? Another government office has been created with blessings from both parties. I'll bet it'll have a staff and a budget before long. In a few years we'll read about drunken managerial bashes in Vegas costing the taxpayer millions.  |
While Obama was the first to use the phrase "Office of the President-Elect), that office has been in existence since 1963.
PL 88-277 (1963) The Presidential Transaction Act of 1963 authorizes *an* office for the President and Vice President with staff and budget.
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I'll bet it'll have a staff and a budget before long.
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Not will have, has had for 48 years. It has had a staff and budget since 1964 (when the act went in to effect)
Presidential Transitions Effectiveness Act of 1998 allows private funds to be used to help defray the costs of the President-Elect expenses. To handle the integration of these private funds, the President Elect formed a 501(c)4 non profit organization. In Obama's case this NPO was called "The Office of the President-Elect". A presumptive title, but hardly illegal or, when you think about it, inappropriate.