Congress Set to Override Water Bill Veto

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Congress Set to Override Water Bill Veto

By Carl Hulse

Congress is poised to enact legislation over the objections of President Bush for the first time in his tenure.

The House and Senate both intend to move quickly this week to override the president’s veto of a $23 billion water projects bill, and even the House Republican leader acknowledged on Sunday that lawmakers are likely to be successful in overcoming the presidential opposition.

“I’m going to stand with the president,” Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the top Republican, said on “Fox Weekend Live.” “But at the end of the day, Congress is going to pass it. The Democrat Congress and some Republicans are going to stand up and override the president’s veto.”

The water projects measure has something for nearly every state and Congressional district and easily cleared Congress. Louisiana Republicans were particularly unhappy with the president’s decision to reject the measure since it provides more than $3 billion for major post-Katrina flood control projects. Conservatives backing the measure say it does not break the bank since most of the projects in the bill must win a second approval before money is actually set aside for the work.

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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/congress-set-to-override-water-bill-veto/

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1. Good. This is *real* national security. n/t