He vetoed the foreign aid bill because he wanted to increase foreign aid by 30 percent, and he wanted to take it out of the Social Security surplus,
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We're also pleased that the governor vetoed two other pro-homosexual bills. One of them effectively would have silenced pro-family candidates on issues of sexual morality, and the other would have hampered efforts to collect petition signatures to put a state constitutional amendment protecting marriage on the ballot.
Pat has denied how he voted on this legislation. He voted to support House Bill 396 in 2001 during the 77th Legislature, but Gov. Rick Perry vetoed the bill.
George W. Bush is a big spender. He has never vetoed a spending Bill. When Congress serves up a big slab of fat, crackling pork, Mr Bush responds with one big question Got any barbecue sauce
It's clear that their proposal is going to be vetoed and we end up with nothing, ... The American people don't want us to do nothing but they would like us to do something that's reasonable and I suggest about a 500 billion tax cut over 10 years.
Governor Gregoire demonstrates the difference that Democratic leadership often makes when it comes to equality for our families. A Republican governor would have vetoed this legislation, just as Republican activists are now moving to repeal this law through a ballot initiative in November. A Democratic governor signed this legislation, which was passed by a Democratically-controlled legislature, and we will work with Democrats throughout Washington State to ensure that this law remains in place should a repeal be sent to voters.
She's vetoed similar legislation in the past, and we do not support this bill. Today's vote may have been a reaction to the City Council. We're under the impression they can revisit the issue as early as (today) and probably will.
Right now under President George W. Bush, we have the first President since James Garfield in 1881 never to have vetoed a single bill.
Governor Bush's plan looks remarkably like the tax plan that was passed by the Congress last summer and was vetoed by the president on the grounds that it was targeted to rich people, and cost way too much.
SCEPTER, n. A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.
We are wasting time again today working on a bill that has been vetoed and will never see the light of day,
The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed.
If it was a fight, nobody laid a glove on him. He did a great job. The only way he could be vetoed is through a filibuster, and after his opening statement today I don't think anyone could ever get the political capital to mount a filibuster against this guy.
I was at the White House at that time. We were concerned that when the president vetoed these things, he would bear responsibility for the shutdown. But Congress in the end became the vocal point for public anger. And that could be the case with this Congress as well.
The City Council voted to accept the proposal in August, but Harrison vetoed its action. The City Council voted Monday to overturn Harrisons veto and accept the settlement. The City Council just sold it to them, ... They sold them things you cant get without a public hearing. We do not transfer conditional use permits from one owner to another.
I give him a C-minus. It's better than we've had, but we've got a long way to go to get this federal fiscal house in order. ... I would give him a much higher grade if he had vetoed just one (spending) bill.