House votes to override Bush veto of $23 billion water bill Story Highlights

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Source: CNN

The House of Representatives voted to override President Bush's veto of a bill authorizing $23 billion in water projects Tuesday, with the Senate expected to follow suit later this week.


The Senate is expected to vote to override the president's veto later this week.

The 361-54 vote was far beyond the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto, with 138 Republicans joining 223 Democrats in support of the bill. The White House said it was resigned to seeing the bill pass over the president's objections in what would be the first override of his presidency.

Supporters say the projects authorized under the Water Resources Development Act are necessary to rebuild the Gulf Coast after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, restore the Everglades and Great Lakes fisheries and build flood-control projects nationwide.
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Among those projects are the reconstruction of levees around New Orleans and the closure of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, a man-made channel blamed for funneling Katrina's devastating storm surge into the city's Lower 9th Ward and neighboring St. Bernard Parish.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/06/congress.water.bill/

[aquart]

1. Is Mad King George upset?

[Bobbieo]

2. If we can get one override - that is a most important FIRST!!

It just might set a trend.

[Cha]

3. And WTF was the little pissass Vetoing

it for?

[aquart]

4. Because. He. Hates. Americans.

[Cha]

5. But, he mustn't be allowed

to be Impeached.

[aquart]

8. Heaven forfend.

[fenriswolf]

6. passes in the senate but not in the house

passes in the house not in the senate, it alwas goes one way....why cause its engineered that way.

[harun]

7. "The Decider" aint deciding this one. I bet this really makes

him mad. He will probably make the situation in Iraq worse to get back at them.

[Judi Lynn]

9. U.S. House overrides Bush's water bill veto

U.S. House overrides Bush's water bill veto
www.chinaview.cn 2007-11-07 16:15:10

BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- The U.S. House of Representatives set the stage for what could be the first override of a President Bush veto Tuesday when Republicans and Democrats joined forces and voted 361-54 to approve a 23.2 billion U.S. dollar water resources bill.

"I must respectfully disagree with President Bush's veto of this important and long overdue water resources development act," said Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., the top Republican on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, in explaining the rare rebellion of the GOP faithful toward the president.

The vote was well over the two-thirds majority needed to negate a presidential veto. The Senate, which approved the bill 81-12 in September, could cast its override vote as early as Wednesday.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Bush's argument that the bill is fiscally irresponsible rings hollow when the White House is asking for an additional 200 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

More:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/07/content_7027503.htm

[truthisfreedom]

10. "The decider" just got "undecided."

By a landslide.

[Javaman]

11. so they can override this but they can't overrid SCHIP? sigh. nt

[Robbien]

12. This one has a lot of pork in it

SCHIP has very little.

Our politicians do love their pork.