Not to spoil the fun, but CONGRESS JUST GAVE BUSH HIS FIRST VETO OVER-RIDE

[WilliamPitt]

Maybe the experience will grow on them.

Congress hands Bush first veto override
By Charles Babington
Associated Press Writer / November 8, 2007

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. The last such veto override happened when Congress dealt President Clinton the second of his two overrides in November 1998.

More: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/11/08/congress_overrides_bush_veto_first_time/

[villager]

1. "There. That wasn't so painful, now was it?"

;-)

[VP505]

27. The chimp

might not see it that way.:D

[redqueen]

2. What fun? (nt)

[DemoTex]

3. Let's hope this primes the pump.

See, it ain't so hard .. is it?

[MrMickeysMom]

6. Yes, it appears it was TOO hard...

... too hard, too late to grow a set for many issues.

(no, I'm not giving up)

[acmavm]

4. Who's fun would you be spoiling? And why? Because they

did their jobs? Because water (or the lack of) will certainly make some people rather antsy. Future wars will be fought over water.

But I suppose they should be congratulated. For once they earned their paychecks.

[WilliamPitt]

12. I posted a thread without "Hillary" in the title.

Skunk at the garden party.

:)

[acmavm]

16. Oh. This place is pretty pathetic today.

[jhain]

33. after yesterday one would think

we could be HAPPY. And, now- an OVER RIDE.

What do we need to do?- dispense some zoloft with every log on to DU?

Thanks, Will. I'm getting it!



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2226204&mesg_id=2226204


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3696561&mesg_id=3696561

[blondeatlast]

5. What's Congress? nt

[Lex]

18. I dunno. I thought it was like a rubber-stamp thingie.

:shrug:

[tabasco]

7. Finally, some good news.

Let's see some more!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Add to that...

The story over at Kos, about how people in Congress are getting dead serious about impeaching Cheney, and something tells me that things are about to get real interesting. Sounds like some people have decided to cowboy up.

[shadowknows69]

9. But Hillary is PEOPLE Will! She's PEOPLE!!!!

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[havocmom]

10. Yes!

Keep those cards & letters coming in, folks!

[JuniperLea]

11. I sure would liked to have seen the ensuing hissy-fit!

Sputtering, stomping, yelling, bashing shit... beautiful... I'm betting it was absolutely beautiful.

[Tatiana]

13. All right. Let's keep the overrides coming! n/t

[Marrah_G]

14. OMG who cares! We have Dems to BASH...screw you and your positive news!

:rofl:

[Cha]

15. You're not spoiling anything..

bushit is a fucking idiot and thankfully congress came together to override the deranged monkey's whining veto on the Water Resources Bill.

Shows what they could do for our country.

[catmandu57]

17. May it be the first of many

Wouldn't it be great if the petulant little dictator threw a fit and went home because the mean old congress started acting like a congress.

[malaise]

19. Great news

Now did Hillary flip or flop into the water bill pool of 'overriders'? :D

[mvd]

20. Great news!

It might seem like a small thing, but it is a big thing in terms of the separation of powers still being alive. I hope it leads to more.

[walldude]

21. Oh to be a fly on the wall when Bush got that news...

I wonder if he dropped to the floor and started kicking his feet in retaliation.

[malaise]

22. Sorry you won't see anything on MSM - they're busy

with more OJ. :puke:

[Chovexani]

23. Thanks to Dennis for giving Dems a spinal transplant

[redqueen]

26. ...

:loveya:

:hi:

[quiet.american]

24. It's something anyway. :) nt

[racaulk]

25. Beautiful! That's a step in the right direction, at least.

Good on 'em! :)

[IronLionZion]

28. Yeah, they can pork their way through anything

this is a glorious display of both parties joining together to use our tax dollars for their own pet projects. This is mostly pork with a little bit of stuff we actually need like levees and wetlands.

I'm with Feingold and McCaskill on this one. All the presidential candidates sat this one out.

[magellan]

29. Good. Let's hope this is a START and not another anomalous BLIP.

Also, that so many Repugs signed on worries me over the fine print.

[RestoreGore]

30. WELL IT'S ABOUT TIME

And on an important issue to. Wow. Will this become a trend?

[SeattleGirl]

31. I'll bet that Little Lord Pissypants is now smashing things against the

walls of the Oval Office. :)

[smoogatz]

32. Yep. A big fat pork-barrel bill full of earmarks even Republicans can love.

Woo fucking hoo.

[WilliamPitt]

35. Yeah. Water sucks, too.

[gilpo]

36. Now... if we could just dress up ending the war as pork.....

THEN we'd get somewhere!

[gateley]

34. This is EXCITING - I hope it's an indication of things to come. nt

[endarkenment]

37. This was a big fat staged non-event.

Bush gets to look all fiscally responsible despite the fact that he has bankrupted the republic with his disastrous conquest of Iraq and completely corrupt and irresponsible tax cuts for the vastly wealthy.

Congressional Republicans, threatened with extinction due to general and now deep seated hatred of the executive cabal among the peasantry, get to distance themselves from the regime.

Congressional Democrats, having infuriated almost the entire rank and file Democratic base with their utterly, contemptuously, corrupt behavior, get to get folks like you to pipe up with an 'atta-boy' over a totally safe issue.

Tons of pork flows into congressional districts across the land! Huzzah!

Nobody is against clean water.

[Disturbed]

38. This was truely a slam dunk.

When Congress Over Rides a Bill that makes Busholini look like the Asshole that he is
then it will be time to stand up a cheer.

[Ghost in the Machine]

39. Future Headline: Bush uses signing statement to override veto override.

I've been saying it for months,... even if a bill was passed by a veto proof majority, der chimpenfurher will just render it moot via signing statement.

Let's watch and see... can he issue a signing statement on this?