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...House changes the bill, there will be a House-Senate conference to work out the differences--or provide for a suitable burial. The Republican leadership can stack the conference with reform foes, who could help kill the bill behind closed doors and save Bush from a tough veto decision. Bush will need all the political capital he has to move his budget and tax proposals through Congress; reform opponents knew last week that they could not count on his veto to save them...
...precisely the CO2 power-plant caps Bush no longer wants. The gesture, however, is mostly symbolic. Even if the bill should pass the House, it could be torn apart in the ferociously partisan Senate. Whatever scraps of it that reached the President's desk would face a near certain veto...
President Bush, whose father's veto pen stopped the last campaign-finance reform to make it through Congress, is lying low on the issue. In a meeting with House leaders on Thursday, Bush told them, in essence, "I'm not going to be your backstop," according to a participant. The President doesn't want to have to veto. In fact, White House officials were making noises about compromise. And for the record, Bush asserted Friday, "I look forward to a bill and am confident they will be able to come up with a bill that I can sign...
...House changes the bill, there will be a House-Senate conference to work out the differences - or provide for a suitable burial. The Republican leadership can stack the conference with reform foes, who could help kill the bill behind closed doors and save Bush from a tough veto decision. Bush will need all the political capital he has to move his budget and tax proposals through Congress; reform opponents knew last week that they could not count on his veto to save them...
...wanted to save the Americans the embarrassment of having to veto a U.N. resolution for an international protection force right after a bombing attack on Palestinian targets. But the Israelis are saying the intensity of their campaign will be measured in relation to the intensity of the suicide bombings and other attacks. In Hebron, in particular, Sharon is under pressure from settlers there to retake the Abu Sneineh hill from which sniper fire killed a ten-month-old girl. Israel?s security service is concerned that if Sharon is not seen to be responding strongly, one of the settlers will...