rawstory.com — 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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jkarhu24Nov 9, 2007
Those bad boys cost 2.4 billion a piece???? Uhhhh......
hyperion1144Nov 9, 2007
A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.Too bad it took them 7 years to take it.
feeblegeniusNov 9, 2007
Wow, you totally missed the point.Congress passed it for the positive press. Bush vetoed it because of what it was: a publicity stunt that will never actually be funded.Don't get me wrong here, I think as poorly of Bush as the next guy, however we need not automatically assume he's out to eat babies and throw the elderly in the furnace. There is some semblance of a human being in there somewhere.
lastvisibledogNov 10, 2007
If the Democrats are in congress - we have a lot more of this pork in our future (just as we are knocking on the door of possible recession)
joevetNov 10, 2007
Figures, the only way to get the GOP to stop sucking on that Texas teabag long enough for them to vote for something for THIS country for a change is to offer them more ear marks. If only they would act out of duty to our country.
martalliNov 10, 2007
No, I think the phrase he coined is "I'm the decider". I may not be a constitutional scholar, but I don't remember a "decider" as a constitutional office. I'm not even sure if that phrase is exactly standard English, but it is the least of my concerns with Bush...
martalliNov 10, 2007
Without federal government regulation, who will keep people from damming rivers up entirely and using whatever is there for themselves? That is exactly what has happened in the past. I am sure the people of Colorado and Utah would be perfectly pleased to keep all of their Colorado River water and let the Southwest bake without it. After all, why grow crops in California when they could have rice patties in Utah?
leesoongNov 13, 2007
Ah, Democracy for Iraq @ cost over $ 2,000,000,000,000 ,but no Water for American Citizens at a measly $ 23,000,000,000 ?!?W T F ?!?Didn't Homeland Security say attacking a U.S. Water Supply is a felony?Has D.K. finished writing his Presidential Impeachment yet?Time to END this madness - collapsing bridges, storm damage, failing water systems - the U.S.A. ROTS while children are sent off to war...
iiwageslaveiiNov 13, 2007
Um... that would be called "Trickle-down" right?
lilhelperApr 8, 2009
Our world is falling apart, economically. They are trying to find ways to keep a false monetary system afloat. Restore the Gold standard, and we shall see order, finally.