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House overrides Bush veto of water projects bill
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Nov 06, 2007 06:28pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Washington Post article.
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"A veto last week by President George W. Bush of a popular water projects bill was overridden by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, moving Congress closer to enacting legislation that would authorize $23 billion for nearly 900 projects across the United States.
The House voted 361-54 to override the president's veto. The Senate is expected to take up the water bill as early as Wednesday.
If similar action occurs in the Senate, it would mark the first time Congress has mustered enough votes to override the president's veto. Bush has vetoed five bills during his time in office.
"The president chose to stand in the way of this bipartisan legislation, this overwhelming bipartisan legislation, in an attempt to claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility," said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer from Maryland. "This is the wrong bill to have done so."
Bush had long threatened to veto the $23 billion bill, saying it was too expensive because it had special projects supported by individual lawmakers.
"No one is surprised that this veto is over-ridden," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said.
"We understand that members of Congress are going to support the projects in their districts. Budgeting is about making choices and defining priorities -- it doesn't mean you can have everything," he said. "This bill doesn't make the difficult choices; it says we can fund every idea out there."
The Senate passed the bill, 81-12, in September after the House of Representatives approved it by 381-40 a month earlier, both with more than the two-thirds majorities needed to override a presidential veto." |
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