Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dukakis called for increased investment in the nation's "infrastructure"--the roads, railroads, transit lines and water and sewer systems. He criticized President Reagan's recent veto of a massive highway and transit bill as shortsighted...
...days before the stakeout, the House of Representatives had voted 350 to 73 to override the veto--far exceeding the required two-thirds majority. Now the override depended on two-thirds of the 100 Senators. Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd had to keep his troops disciplined; only 34 "no" votes could defeat the override...
Practically, this meant that if both legislative bodies could not find the two-thirds majorities necessary to override the veto, Reagan would take this as a sign that he retained enough of his waning power to continue vetoing bills throughout the summer...
...vote considered the motion to table the motion to indefinitely postpone the motion to reconsider the motion to override the President's veto of the highway bill, or, for all it mattered, the house that Jack built...
...time for the heavy artillery; the press gallery loudspeaker rasped an announcement that the President would visit Capitol Hill to lobby the 13 Republican dissidents who opposed his veto. It loosed the press on an instant stampede to the second-floor corridor for a futile wait while the President began a fruitless and ignominious attempt to win a single Senate Republican to his side. Considering the political riches that a President can offer in return, few expected Reagan's failure to persuade even...