Word: vetoes
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...country are biting their fingernails in anticipation. They may have to suffer a while longer; while many hoped the House would move quickly on the bill, behind-the-scenes maneuvers mean an actual vote may not take place before early next week. Meanwhile, President Bush has indicated he will veto the opposition's bills - but some observers wonder if he'll have the stomach to send away such a popular measure...
...groups into his coalition. Soler and Perry routinely corner politicians with polls showing that majorities of Catholics and other churchgoers favor embryonic stem-cell research. They have mobilized patients and their families to press their members of Congress, and some believe that they have enough votes to override a veto on a potential research bill...
...nuclear power plants (the technology now supplies about 20% of the nation's electricity), but that won't happen unless the industry finds a place to store the spent fuel rods now being held in temporary facilities at plants across the country. The state of Nevada can veto Bush's decision, but the veto can be overridden if both houses of Congress pass resolutions approving the site. And that's where Reid has a chance...
...control of the Senate, there could be mean and close fights over the 13 appropriations bills that direct government check writers. Getting to the other side will require horse-trading and sweet-talking - and that will burn up political capital. Or, the president might have to wing out a veto or two, which will really put a dent in relations between the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue...
...House alternative giving patients a limited right to sue HMOs in state court--something he had long opposed. "This legislation...will make a difference in people's lives," he enthused at a photo op staged by Hughes. By Friday night, when the Senate passed its bill 59-36, the veto threat was still the official position, but White House aides were signaling that Bush was willing to compromise further. "He really wants to sign something and take it off the table," said one. "And when he does, the American people will give him a lot of the credit...