It’s a historic day for Congress, America and everything else! For the first time in President Bush’s nearly seven year reign of terror, Democrats and Republicans mustered the gumption to overturn one of this vetoes:
The Senate voted overwhelmingly today for a popular $23 billion water projects measure affecting locales across the country, thereby handing President Bush his first defeat in a veto showdown with Congress.
The vote was 79 to 14, far more than the two-thirds needed to override the veto that President Bush cast last Friday. Only 12 Republicans voted against the measure, and just two Democrats, Senators Russell D. Feingold of Wisconsin and Claire McCaskill of Missouri.
On Tuesday, the House voted by 361 to 54 in favor of the bill, also well over the two-thirds barrier to nullify the veto.
This shit’s way more exciting than China Town!
Woof
Ding dong the witch is dead.
Becca
About time Congress finally did something to fight this Moronic, Constitution Hating Tyrant that stole The Presidency!!!!
Next, can we get Impeachment “back ON the table”
Lamb Cannon
except…. if feingold voted against it… hmmmm
Brian
Sorry guys, but this one’s nothing to celebrate. Bush was actually right for once to veto the bill, as it’s loaded up with pork. That’s why it’s so popular, and why people like Feingold are against it. Sad.
leomoore
I don’t give a rat’s ass that Congress overrode a Bush veto on something like this. I’d be more heartened if the Congress overrode Bush on something like SCHIP. This was just a case of pork spread around to buy enough votes.
Woof
I don’t care what was veto’d just glad someone told that hillbilly No for once.
Rt. Rev. Dr. RES
Pork is defined as when the American people themselves get part of the treasury returned to them in their states for infrastructure or other goals that benefit the national commonweal.
Pork is not defined as the black hole of monies that have been unaccounted for in Iraq and Afghanistan and tax breaks for oil companies and other wealthy folks. That is merely spending.