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...Bush's veto was upheld by a vote of 273-156, 13 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed. After the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi swore to resend a bill that includes an identical expansion back to Bush within the next two weeks. She refused to say if the measure would be completely identical, "as long as the bottom line that 10 million children are covered, that is not negotiable," Pelosi said. "This isn't an issue any more, it's a value in our country from which the President appears to be isolated," she told reporters...
...campaign to reclaim the mantle of fiscal conservatism that plays well with his increasingly dissatisfied base. The Democrats are countering by front-loading the legislative calendar with spending bills on such sentimental topics as education and veterans that will make Bush look like the Grinch for even daring to veto. They next plan to hammer him on a bipartisan water resources bill that - again - Bush says costs too much money. "The President's vetoes are not consistent with the judgment of the American public,"said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. "We believe [the G.O.P.] will pay a price for that...
...steam after children's health care and water resources and not have much fight left for the 2008 spending bills. But don't hold your breath, House Minority Leader John Boehner replied. "Republicans have made fiscal responsibility a top priority, and we will sustain any presidential veto over wasteful and excessive spending,"Boehner said. "House Democrats have intentionally designed a strategy to ensure more pork and more wasteful spending, not less. That's not what the American people want, and Republicans will stand on principle to ensure families aren't stuck with the tab for the Democrats' spending spree...
...compromise to eventually pass that will include the $35 billion that Democrats have demanded. And the water measure - which gives $7 billion to restore Louisiana wetlands and reorganizes the embattled U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - has so much support that Congress is likely to hand Bush the first veto override of his presidency...
...pushing is also relatively minor. House and Senate Democrats are asking for $22 billion more than what Bush requested in his 2008 fiscal budget, which amounts to less than 2% of the overall annual budget. Bush spent part of his news conference trying to make the argument that his veto threat is based on principle, not partisan politics, by stressing that he made similar warnings to G.O.P. leaders when they controlled Congress. "You bet I'm going to put veto threats out,"Bush said. "Of course, I want to remind you, I put a lot of veto threats out when...