Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Bush's Veto, the Whys and Wherefores


Photo from source, KansasCity.com

I already posted about Bush's most recent "pocket" veto. What I didn't really grasp was the reason for it. It seemed to catch both houses of Congress off guard, and news on it was spotty, considering it was between Christmas and New Year's. Here is an interesting analysis, explaining what it was possibly all about.

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Bush veto stymies ex-POWs’ lawsuit

For months, President Bush harangued Democrats in Congress for not moving quickly enough to support the troops and for bogging down military bills with unrelated issues.

And then last week, with no warning, a vacationing Bush announced that he was vetoing a sweeping military policy bill, in part because the legislation could revive a lawsuit brought by American prisoners of war during the 1991 Persian Gulf War who say they were tortured by the Iraqis. . .

Read more at: KansasCity.com

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