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Congress expected to override veto

Posted: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:12 AM by Mark Murray
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From NBC's Mike Viqueira
That House vote to override the president's veto of a water resources bill (WRDA) will come sometime mid-afternoon today.

President Bush is expected to lose on an override vote for the first time of his presidency -- and by a significant margin.

The Senate would then act as early as tomorrow. There, too, the president is expected to lose. The bill would then become law over the president's objections.

The measure includes hundreds of projects large and small in congressional districts scattered all over country to be undertaken by the Army Corps of Engineers. The Administration cites the projects as wasteful spending, noting that the price of the bill has skyrocketed to $23 billion, as the project has moved through Congress. Yet congressional Republicans -- who have sought to re-emphasize their fiscal conservatism since they lost the majority -- are not going to fight on this ground.

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you people are freaking idiots and have no idea what to think so you let others think for you namely the dems and mass media. for any of who who don't like war well screw you is all i have to say bout that id rather spend all my money protecting myself from my enemies than spend a dime protecting some dingbats who built their home in a crappy disaster prone area. your damn right this pork bill had so much wasted spending maybe a third of it will actually got to something good the rest will go to pet projects and other useless democrat crap(i know repubs have pork in there to but the dems spend more by far). really all you idiots need to leave my country before i find u myself because you r ruing my land and making us look like idiots to the world. you people r so retarded that you actually think that what the media and your favorite people tell you is true with out actually finding out yourselves, you think bush lied well prove it without referring to some hack-job who spins the words of men or some crony who flat-out lies on national TV and then lies about his lies on national tv agian and you people believe this crap, why because its easier than the truth, its easier than dealing with reality. the world sucks and is full of people that will kill you with no hesitation and what bush is trying to do is protect valued Americans from the retarded Americans by not going with the p.c. liberal "lets talk it out" bull-crap that never works, oh lets go talk to Hitler hes not so bad we can reason with him, what ended up happening, they talked and the dumb people believed the words of liars and the idiots got creamed. this happens soooooo much that its makes me think that monkeys are more superior than most of you. oh oh Iraq never attacked its an illegal war oh, um hey idiot they declared war on us long ago and many times over we have every right to go in there and wipe out the country and anyhow we invaded for a strategic vantage you know so the enemy will focus their plans somewhere else other than here, oh oh bush lied about the intel oh oh, no he did not u retard first a lie is only a lie if u know its a lie if we got bad intel that's someone else fault and every politician that was suppose to see that intel saw it and then lied to you later bout not seeing it just like dems do 100% of time, look im tired of being smarter than 90% of the people because its gets so irritating to be around reatards who cant think for themselves and let others tell them what to think. our enemies have announced their intentions and all you can do is blame bush, its a conspiracy, its fake, we did it, its all a lie and so on. wait ill say a few more things, um soldiers have great equipment i know i was a soldier so STFU bout stuff you know nothing bout, just cause somebody says something does no make it true, and why would you want to weigh me down with 50 more pounds of crap when i got to carry 80 as it is already, what you want me to get killed?in wartime its about movement not protection.(people seem to like to go after hard tagets)let me see less than 5k deaths in 6 years, wow that is amazing i cant recall a war that lasted as long with less deaths can you? i mean really if you think bout it this is the best ran war in history cause after all war is based on your effectiveness at staying alive and combating the enemy and it seems like we killed a heck lot more than they killed ours so i would say by war standards we are winning by leaps and bounds. well damn a really do have a million responses but i must stop myself and actually do something else so bu bye and have funn responding :P


p.s. if my grammer is off so what im not in school and my job requires me to make money not write cuz i know some of you will say something. lol

hahahaha this is fun but i hate typing its so impersonal and disparaging cause i know my rant wont mater and wil only get flamed but i get my kicks from other people's emotional responses so its a win win for me but not for you hahahaahahaha
They need not to give any of this money to the states that the 12 Republicans and 2 Democrats are from.  Maybe they will think again.  As for this override.  Why didn't he veto the bill that has 400mil for a bridge to no where that was to built in Alaska, that nobody wanted.
It appears that few of the above have read or know of the pork way beyond the Corps of Engineers Requests. Should the Congress and the President pay no attention to the Corps.  The vote proves again no responsibility to our Country's needs or the recommendations of those cutting the fat. Congress failed to provide a responsible bill...like they have  on so many other issues...like immigration.
It's about time Congress overrides Bush's veto. They should have been doing it from day one.Now they are learning what Bush is all about. He vetoes good programs for this country and only worries about getting Iraq's oil. He and Cheney ought to be ousted. Bush is the worse president this country has ever seen, even worse than Nixon.Write your congressman and demand impeachment, now!
To : NOT YOU CALIFORNIA
YOu are one crazy man! You do not invade other countries on the pretext of war on terror. Who are we? When Iraq invaded Kuwait we went over and kicked there but out of there. Now we our doing the same thing they did 15 years ago- Bush wanted to invade Iraq long ago and he got his wish so did Chaney's company and friends. To protect Americans you need to protect the borders and with the $750 Billion that has already been wasted in Iraq we could be doing it! All Bush likes to do is spend our taxes on his agenda and our children's children will have to pay for it! I guess when a Demo gets put back in office and has to raise taxes to cover for Bush's spending they will get bashed- go figure
G.W. has some nerve, he puts billions into Iraq for restoration projects and refuses to do the same for his own country, he should be tried for treason and impeached now.
I hope this is just the beginning for congress standing up to King George wannabe.
GWB is the biggest joke, and failure as a president of the (used to be) strongest country in the world  -- It seems really absurd that he can justify trillions of dollars for other countries, and not even a few million for his own  -- I guess Halliburton doesn't have the inside track on govt contracts in the US  -- or that Cheney is trying to cover his ass in all of this  -- what a joke  -- I am sometimes ashamed to be an american when I look at this APPOINTED president -- what an idiot -- what a joke  -- what a shame for real Americans
TO: Not you California  -- is is pretty obvious just how well educated you are and how much you know about the world  -- did you manage to graduate from pre-school --
you are nuts, and you think you are in a win - win situation????  say that the next time one of your checks bounce, or you get fired againphantom
A true victory today!  Let's keep going ad get rid of this oil-money-grubbing idiot who does not have an ounce of compasion, concern, or consideration for the citizens of this country.  Bush: The demise of a great nation.
What a loser, George W. Bush is...he is a maniacal, psycopath.  It is about time Americans stand up against him. He is going to get us into World War III before his term is over.  The Congress/Senate/HoR all need to keep this insane maniac in check before he destroys us all. Bring the troops home, give our children health care, help our poor and homeless. Forget about Iraq....the need to stand on their own feet and take care of themselves.  Keep old GW in check until we can get him out of ther next year.
THIS JUST IN-
Bush said he would have never have vetoed this bill if they would have allowed a no bid contract for Halliburton to build all dams and BlackWater to protect them at 1Billion a year!
We do have the responsibility to look after the poor, and the weak, and the malnourished, and the outside home wrong doings. But if you do not fix your leaks on your own home, soon enough you won’t be able to look after others outside of your home. I think Bush (and Congress for that matter) should take care of in house major issues first. By saying in house major issues I mean thinking to prevent another $81.2 billion from another Katrina. Before restoring Iraq, we should direct the fund into preventing the worse from happening. I include Congress since the bill as a whole is not perfectly done and needs funds redistribution.

yeah but this victory took an entire YEAR for the dummycrats to actually do something.  one override is not enough to call congress for doing a good job for here on out, and you call that wonderful?  and what's this?  democrats are siding with republicans on opposing nancy pelosi's bill to withdraw?  what does that tell you about the surge?  oh my, it appears to be showing effort.  by the way, none of you mention that congress has a dismal percentage far below OUR AMERICAN PRESIDENT, yes i put it in caps, so leave him alone.
I bet Bush is just steamin' right now, cause he is the "decider" ya know!  That boy needs help!
Reenact the draft,I`m sure you will find what it means to be an American !!
this bill was meant to be vetoed & overide on purpose bush most republicans had to pass that bill cause it is a very important bill  plus  the republicans have a bigger better bill to get approved,  more money for the war,hello sacrifice a lil to get the big one,  lol wake up america!!!!!!  
Now now all you whiney liberals play nice. You should be happy you guys finally won one. And even better another tax hike,you should be soo proud the dems are so brave to stand up for such a noble cause but are too gutless ( and brainless) to fund the war on terror. Oh I know 9/11 never happened and lets all be freinds with those nice people who mean us no harm (but like to cut off an occasional head and film it ) Naa lets  all go back home and wait for the next 9/11 like a bunch of sitting ducks. Oh and.. by the way .. have any of you head stuck in the sand libs noticed.. we have'nt had a terrorist attack on our nation since 01?. Just asking. Thank God we've had a president with rhe guts to defend our nation for the past 7 years and not some Gore or Clinton Standing around doing nothing.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.
--Dwight David Eisenhower, (1890-1969)
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
--Alfred Hitchcock, (1899-1980)
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
--James Madison, (1751-1836)
There goes the predictable Democrats and their handing out other peoples money for votes. Get your wallets out because the bill for this nonsense is coming down the pike. Tax and spend is back big time and the government is so efficient and devoid of fraud....joke. Only 30% of welfare money gets to the recipient. They'd rather do this than allow more drilling, refineries, nuclear power, something to lower energy costs. Also. increased costs for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for baby boomers and illegal aliens means mega bucks more. Thanks for more incompetence congress...I guess this is the change the people want....pathetic


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