Here comes the veto

Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 2:13 PM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: White House, Security

From NBC's Mark Murray
The White House has just announced that it will be receiving the Iraq supplemental from Congress shortly. And when President Bush returns from Central Command later today, he'll veto the bill privately and will make a statement about it at 6:10 pm ET.

What's more, the White House is asking the TV networks and cable channels to carry Bush's statement live. In his remarks, according to the White House, Bush will outline the reasons for his veto, and make it clear he's willing to work with Congress -- beginning tomorrow -- to find a solution.

This will be just the second veto of Bush's presidency; his first struck down legislation expanding embryonic stem-cell research.

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"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only the prisoners of their own minds"-FDR

Desmond (Sent Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:09 AM)

Olivia - Pork refers to any expenditure attached to a bill that has nothing to do with the bill itself. Therefore, funding for Katrina recovery is considered pork when it is attached to a bill re: Iraq.

Carrie, NW Iowa (Sent Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:49 AM)

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