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• Son of Bush's Veto Death March Continues

  Published: July 27, 2007, 2:06 pm

  Tags: George W Bush, Veto, Appropriations, Budget, Iraq

  the Pretzelnit plans to veto. The man who couldn't find his ass veto pen with both hands for six years now has vetoed or threatened to veto 26 bills in just seven months of Democratic leadership in Congress, including 8 of the 12 regular appropriations bills. Obviously, the plan now playing itself out in "Statements of Administration

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• I was a teenage Bush veto death march

  Published: August 7, 2007, 5:46 pm

  Tags: George W Bush, Veto, Appropriations, Budget

  time I updated the Bush Veto Death March, we were up to 26 vetoes and veto threats, including 8 of 12 appropriations bills. Today, we add five more, including the ninth and tenth appropriations bills: Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA (H.R. 3161) and; Defense (H.R. 3222). The new non-appropriations veto threats went to: H.R. 3159

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• The New SCHIP: Using the Children!

  Published: September 29, 2007, 1:35 am

  Tags: Controversy, Health, Politics, Society Amp Amp Culture, Bush Veto, Children S Health Care, Schip

  tailored specifically to get vetoed, they can do some really bad damage to his image. The sad thing is that this veto, no matter how well deserved it is, will most likely be spun so wildly by the media and by the presidential candidates who support the new SCHIP that it will all but kill the presidential hopes of anyone who does not support it.

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• The War against the Children: Governing for the 51%.

  Published: October 10, 2007, 9:10 pm

  Tags: Children, Schip, Government, George W Bush, Veto, States, Mothers

  Once again, we see a systematic war against our children by the Bush administration. Rather than care for the needs of our children, the Bush administration is now attacking six different states for spending federal SCHIP funds for adults, rather tha

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• The War against the Children: Bush holds SCHIP funding hostage.

  Published: October 18, 2007, 1:58 pm

  Tags: Schip, George W Bush, Veto, Health Care, Middle Class, Republicans, Democrats, Congress, House

  Once again, the war against the children by the Bush administration is in full swing. Now that the House has upheld the SCHIP veto, it is clear that Bush is holding the entire SCHIP program hostage unless Congress caves into him and gives him what he

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• House Fails to Overturn Bush Veto on Children's Health Insurance

  Published: October 18, 2007, 2:57 pm

  Tags: House, Fails, Overturn, Bush, Veto, Children S, Health, Insurance

  A furious campaign to persuade Republicans to change their votes on the $35 billion expansion of the government children's health insurance program fell 13 votes short today when the House failed to overturn President Bush's veto of the legislation.

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• On Water Bill, House Votes to Override Bush Veto for First Time

  Published: November 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Water, Bill, House, Votes, Override, Bush, Veto, For, First, Time, George W Bush, Mitch Mcconnell, Trent Lott, U S Republican Party, Don Young, John Mica, Mississippi River, Steny Hoyer, The White House, U S Army Corps Of Engineers

  The House voted to override a veto by President Bush for the first time yesterday, acting to save a $23 billion water resources bill stuffed with pet projects sought by lawmakers from both political parties.

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• On Water Bill, House Votes to Override Bush Veto for First Time

  Published: November 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Water, Bill, House, Votes, Override, Bush, Veto, For, First, Time, George W Bush, Mitch Mcconnell, Trent Lott, U S Republican Party, Don Young, John Mica, Mississippi River, Steny Hoyer, The White House, U S Army Corps Of Engineers

  The House voted to override a veto by President Bush for the first time yesterday, acting to save a $23 billion water resources bill stuffed with pet projects sought by lawmakers from both political parties.

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• A Bush Veto Is Overridden for the 1st Time

  Published: November 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Veto, Overridden, For, The, 1st, Time, George H W Bush, The White House, Barbara Boxer, Chesapeake Bay, Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Chesapeake, Gerald Ford, Harry Reid, Harry S Truman, Jim Demint, Minneapolis, Mississippi River, Port Of Baltimore, Steny Hoyer, Ste

  A year after Democrats won control of Capitol Hill, Congress delivered its clearest victory yet over President Bush yesterday, resoundingly overturning his veto of a $23 billion water resources measure -- the first veto override of Bush's presidency.

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• Another Day, Another Veto

  Published: November 13, 2007, 11:33 am

  Tags: George W Bush, Veto

  of his presidency, George Bush has been getting a lot of use out of his veto pen.  And once again he has used it to veto a popular bill with strong bipartisan support: President Bush, escalating his budget battle with Congress, on Tuesday vetoed a spending measure for health and education programs prized by congressional Democrats.

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• Bush Veto Sets Stage for Budget Battle

  Published: November 13, 2007, 12:54 pm

  Tags: Bush, Veto, Sets, Stage, For, Budget, Battle

  NEW ALBANY, Ind., Nov. 13 -- President Bush vetoed a $606 billion spending bill Tuesday that would have funded education, health and labor programs for the current fiscal year, complaining that it was larded with pork and too expensive as he took aim at a top priority of the new Democratic Congress.

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• Bush Veto Sets Up Clash on Budget

  Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Veto, Sets, Clash, Budget, George W Bush, Iraq, Harry Reid, Afghanistan, Bill Clinton, United States, Capitol Hill, Dave Obey, Edward M Kennedy, Howard Dean, Newt Gingrich, The Pentagon, The White House, Medicaid, Medicare, National Education Association, U S Cong

  NEW ALBANY, Ind., Nov. 13 -- A budget dispute erupted into a full-scale battle Tuesday as President Bush vetoed the Democrats' top-priority domestic spending bill and the party's Senate leader threatened to withhold war funding if the president does not agree to pull out of Iraq.

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• Bush Veto Sets Up Clash on Budget

  Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Veto, Sets, Clash, Budget, George W Bush, Iraq, Harry Reid, Afghanistan, Bill Clinton, United States, Capitol Hill, Dave Obey, Edward M Kennedy, Howard Dean, Newt Gingrich, The Pentagon, The White House, Medicaid, Medicare, National Education Association, U S Cong

  NEW ALBANY, Ind., Nov. 13 -- A budget dispute erupted into a full-scale battle Tuesday as President Bush vetoed the Democrats' top-priority domestic spending bill and the party's Senate leader threatened to withhold war funding if the president does not agree to pull out of Iraq.

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• Senate Approves Bill Banning Waterboarding - Bush Has Promised To Veto Legislation That Included Such Language

  Published: February 14, 2008, 12:45 am

  Tags: Senate, President Bush, Veto, Legislation, Waterboarding

  votes needed to override a Bush veto. Five Republicans were among those who voted for the legislation. Sens. Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) joined 43 Republicans in opposing the bill... Presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) were on the campaign trail and missed the

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• Americas use of waterboarding..through the centuries.

  Published: March 8, 2008, 2:51 pm

  Tags: Waterboarding, Nation Building, Bush Veto, Torture, International Aggression

  fucking special? George W. Bush's veto of the bill that expressly forbids this type of activity today just reeks of bullshit and bravado. So it is quite apropos that this writeup by Paul Kramer at the NewYorker hit my inbox this morning. The Title: Annals of American History,The Water Cure debating torture and counterinsurgency a century ago

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