White House threatens spending bill veto

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - Republicans stalled action into the wee hours of Wednesday on the first of 12 Democratic spending bills to come before House, seeking to prove their mettle on spending and protesting Democrats' handling of lawmakers' pet projects.

The victim was a bill to sharply boost the Homeland Security Department budget, normally one of the most politically popular of the dozen annual spending bills.

At the same time, the White House weighed in with a stern threat to veto the bill since it provides a 6 percent increase over President Bush's February budget request. Bush has never vetoed a domestic spending bill.

Democrats brought the bill to the floor Tuesday afternoon only to run into a cadre of GOP conservatives protesting a decision by Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (news, bio, voting record), D-Wis., to sidestep House rules requiring that rosters of lawmakers' pet projects and their congressional sponsors be identified as spending bills are debated.



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[China_cat]

1. What a wonderful way to starve out the worst of the

repukes' pet projects. Have the Dems suggest increasing their budgets. The White House won't approve it simply because it's Democratic.

Maybe we can get rid of NCLB that way.

[Historic NY]

2. They don't want "sunshine on the pork"..........

they fear the public would revolt against some of the most ridiculous spending of our money. It should be in the open for all to see.