Congress overrides Bush veto first time

[ProSense]

Congress overrides Bush veto first time

By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - 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 filled with unnecessary projects.

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.

The bill funds hundreds of Army Corps of Engineers projects, such as dams, sewage plants and beach restoration, that are important to local communities and their representatives. It also includes money for the hurricane-hit Gulf Coast and for Florida Everglades restoration efforts.

The House voted 361-54 to override the veto Tuesday. Both votes easily exceeded the two-thirds majority needed in each chamber to negate a presidential veto.

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[NI4NI]

1. Can this override be affected at all by a signing statement?

just wonderin'!

[shadowknows69]

2. He'll probably try

[NI4NI]

4. I think you're correct.

It wouldn't be anything new; and he'd be do it secretly, undoubtedly with a belligerent smirk on his face.

Dam, I despise this administration.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. That will piss the little brat off, BIG TIME!

:rofl:

[caffefwee]

5. Wake me when the headline reads

CONGRESS IMPEACHES BUSH

OR

[Nuntius_Barbari]

6. Congress just proved what they could have been doing all along but didn't. n/t

[Perry Logan]

8. Up to now, I don't think they had the votes. It's not about courage. It's about number of votes.

[caffefwee]

7. Blow to Bush as Congress overturns veto for first time

Blow to Bush as Congress overturns veto for first time

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071109/tpl-us-congress-politics-water-10170b4_1.html

If only the headline were blow job to Bush, then we could have impeached.