Congress Overrides Bush Veto First Time »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 9 months, 2 weeks ago250 Comments Report this Story
President Bush suffered the first veto override of his seven-year-old presidency Thursday as the Senate enacted a $23 billion water resources bill despite his protest that it was too expensive. It was the first in a decade that Congress has passed a bill over a presidential veto.
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MyWayOnNow9 months, 2 weeks ago
"The vote was 79-14 to pass the bill. Enactment was a foregone conclusion, but it still marked a milestone for a president who spent his first six years with a much friendlier Congress controlled by his Republican Party. Now he confronts a more hostile, Democratic- controlled legislature, and Thursday's vote showed that even many Republicans will defy him on spending matters dear to their political careers."
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UnusualSuspect9 months, 2 weeks ago
White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore said in the statement, "It's obvious that the bill doesn't make difficult choices and doesn't set spending priorities. We don't believe it's a responsible way to budget."
And yet this administration just keeps on spending in many other ways...largest deficit in history...
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hyperbola9 months, 2 weeks ago
There are things more important than water for Americans. The priorities of those running our government are revealed by this:
Israel, U.S. formally sign new defense aid agreement
Israel and the United States signed Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding on the new American defense package for Israel. Under the new aid agreement, the U.S. will transfer $30 billion to Israel over 10 years, compared with $24 billion over the past decade....
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/894255.html
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joeblowe9 months, 2 weeks ago
Let's see - can't spend a few billion to try to manage our water resources (which are MORE critical than oil, actually) but it's OK to spend hundreds of billions to buy Iraq? Man, that's just stupid. At least our reps in Congress had sense enough to make this happen. (Assuming it isn't all going to pork projects, graft, and corruption of course)
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capecoralM9 months, 2 weeks ago
In a message to lawmakers, the president noted that the House passed a $14 billion bill and the Senate a $15 billion bill, yet the conference committee compromised not by splitting the difference but by pumping it up to $23 billion, including 900 projects. "This bill lacks fiscal discipline," he said, adding, "American taxpayers should not be asked to support a pork-barrel system of federal authorization and funding where a project's merit is an afterthought." Washington Post
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capecoralM9 months, 2 weeks ago
* Funding for a study on the impact on navigation of the proposed Knik Arm Bridge (renamed "Don Young's Way" in SAFTEA-LU) at Cook Inlet in Alaska (Section 4005);
* Riverfront development to enhance recreation in Perth Amboy, New Jersey (Section 4048);
* Ecosystem restoration of the Walla Walla River Basin in Washington (Section 4063);
* Water supply projects in Wilke County and Yadkinville, North Carolina, and Abilene, Texas (Sections 4058, 4059 and 4077);
* Authorization of $5,300,000 for the construction of Lake Lanier Olympic Center in Georgia (Section 5061); and
* Authorization of $65,000,000 for a Lido Key Beach, Florida, replenishment project (Section 3036).
Several other beach replenishment projects have been added to Section 1001 of H.R. 1495, including:
* $21,000,000 for Imperial Beach, California, beach replenishment;
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ETproductions9 months, 2 weeks ago
capecoralM quoted the President, "This bill lacks fiscal discipline,"
This from the President that will end his presidency having run up the national debt more than all the Presidents from Washington through Clinton put together!
Take a long look at this chart. http://www.cedarcomm.com/~stevelm1/usdebt.htm Notice how the debt curve tracked under the Republican terms of Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush39 and Bush41 versus the Democratic administrations of Carter and Clinton. Then ask yourself who really looks out better for fiscal matters.
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consareidiots9 months, 2 weeks ago
Yeah!! What do we care about those swamp creatures. Drain the Everglades and build condominiums for the homeless.
Your ignorance is showing because the Everglades are important for the water supply of southern Florida.
But wait. You probably care about as much for southern Florida as you do for southern Louisiana. LMAO
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Endoscopy9 months, 2 weeks ago
joeblowe
This is an earmark (pork) bill wrapped around some water and beach front expenditures to make it look good. Notice they don't talk about all of those earmarks. They will tout them just in their district.
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crespi9 months, 2 weeks ago
Bush doesn't give a DAMN about America or the American people. Never has.
Go Congress.
Next-
We purge our government of religious fanatics and corporate connivers.
THEN maybe this could be AMERICA again.
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