Veto
Posted at 9:11am on Jul. 2, 2008 Louisiana Dems: Jindal has lost all credibility!
He didn't keep his word. >>pout<<
By Mark Kilmer
Lawmakers in Louisiana wanted to lift their base salaries from $16,800 to $37,500, pegged to the salaries of the U.S. Congress. Governor Bobby Jindal had indicated that for the sake of comity and getting things done, he would not interfere with the legislature's money grab, least of all with a gubernatorial veto.
On Sunday, when CNN's Candy Crowley guest-hosted Late Edition, she asked Governor Jindal about this, indicating that his refusal to veto was not very conservative. The governor answered that he hoped that there were ways to talk to Louisiana legislature out of their pay hike, but if it came to it, the veto was not off the table. It was only 24-hours later that Governor Jindal vetoed the grab. And the affronted Louisiana legislators feel they've been affronted. It is, to them, a question of trust.
Senate President Joel Chaisson II, D-Destrehan, and House Speaker Pro Tem Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans, said Jindal's sudden about-face on the pay raise will make it hard for some lawmakers to believe him in the future.
"He needs to rebuild trust and do a better job of articulating his position," said Chaisson, who promised he will continue to work with the governor on key issues for the state. "Just be honest with us."
So much whining.
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Posted at 6:29pm on Jan. 19, 2008 Remember SCHIP?
By Jeff Emanuel
More specifically, remember the $35 billion S-CHIP expansion package that President Bush vetoed twice in 2007? Though the House's Democrat leadership clearly signaled their acceptance of the fact that they won't be able to override the second veto any more than they could the first by passing a simple extension of the current program by a 411-3 margin, the vote on whether to override or sustain the second veto will still take place, as planned, on Jan. 23 (this coming Wednesday).
Word on the street is that the timing was specifically chosen to make children's health insurance a public-eye issue just in time for the President's Jan. 28 State of the Union Address.
Posted at 4:29pm on Dec. 28, 2007 President Bush To Veto Defense Policy Bill
By California Yankee
President Bush will veto the U.S. defense policy bill because it would derail Iraq's efforts to rebuild its country:
Mr. Bush's action, which apparently caught congressional leaders off guard, centers on one provision in the legislation dealing with Iraqi assets. The legislation would permit plaintiffs' lawyers immediately to freeze Iraqi funds and would expose Iraq to "massive liability in lawsuits concerning the misdeeds of the Saddam Hussein regime," said White House spokesman Scott Stanzel."The new democratic government of Iraq, during this crucial period of reconstruction, cannot afford to have its funds entangled in such lawsuits in the United States," Stanzel said in a statement.
Congress passed the defense bill two weeks ago.
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Posted at 7:14pm on Oct. 25, 2007 Democrats fail to persuade Republicans in new SCHIP vote.
By paulseale
Promoted from the diaries by Neil. Sometimes bad deeds get punished.
Maybe it was the less than 24 hours given to Republicans to look over the bill.
Maybe it was the announcing and voting of the bill at a time when over a dozen Republican law makers left Washington to tend to their home districts.
Maybe it was because Democrats refused to allow ammendments to or even consult their counter parts from across the aisle on exactly what compromises needed to be made for the bill's passage.
Or maybe it was because the bill only made superficial changes which did not seek to put poor children first while still enrolling massive ammounts of adults and illegal aliens.
What ever the case was, while the new SCHIP program passed Congress, it did not garner enough yes votes to become veto proof. In fact one Republican Vern Ehlers (R-Michigan) who voted for the bill the first time voted against this proposal.
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Posted at 11:50am on Apr. 2, 2007 Veto The Bill
By Erick
House Republicans have sent a letter to President Bush urging him to veto the supplemental appropriations bill passed by Congress, which would slowly bleed our troops to death in Iraq.
The letter was very short, simple, and filled with signatures assuring the GOP has enough votes to sustain a Presidential veto. The letter reads:
Dear Mr. President,
We are greatly concerned about the extraneous and excessive non-security related funds contained within the Global War on Terror supplemental spending bill currently under consideration in the Congress. If you choose to veto this measure over this spending, we will vote to sustain your veto.
You can see the whole thing here (PDF).
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