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...expected, the House crushed the veto, 390 to 25. But 37 Senate Republicans were more receptive to Bush's blandishments, and the 62 votes to override fell four short of the required two-thirds...
Early last week his advisers told Bush that his veto could not be sustained in Congress. Adamant, Bush and his combative chief of staff, John Sununu, insisted the White House must prevail if Bush were to convert his passive public approval to tangible political clout. In an interview with TIME on the eve of the China vote, Bush urged that Congress not "just seek confrontation in an election year." He warned, "I won't be any pushover...
Bush may also be more willing than ever to veto legislation. That power is essentially negative: it can stymie the Democrats, but it can seldom accomplish anything positive. Similarly, the Democrats, who lack a two-thirds majority in either house, cannot override Bush's veto without Republican support. Their strategy, according to one of their number, will be to send the President legislation on popular issues that bears a strong Democratic imprint, and dare him to veto it. Among the most divisive of those upcoming issues...
CLEAN AIR. Congress is intent on passing clean-air legislation that is more stringent, more expensive and less market oriented than the proposal Bush submitted last year. Asked whether he can afford in an election year to veto any clean-air bill, the President told TIME, "Yes, because I'll be talking about jobs and a person's right to make a living ((as well as)) my commitment to clean...
This is a heavy legislative load, and with elections ahead the temptations will be greater than usual to posture and obstruct, to veto and delay. But if the current Washington gridlock continues, the voters may eventually see to it that incumbents of both parties get a much longer vacation than they wanted...