The House voted late Tuesday to override President Bush's veto of the Water Resources Development Act with the help of West Virginia's delegation: Reps. Alan Mollohan, D-1st, Shelley Moore Capito, R-2nd, and Nick Rahall, D-3rd.
The override move attracted enough votes, prevailing 361-54.
The $23.2 billion water resources bill "addresses pressing infrastructure needs while offering hundreds of home district projects," The Associated Press reports. "The Senate, which approved the bill 81-12 in September, could cast its override vote as early as Wednesday."
By my count, the 251-page bill would provide at least $211.4 million to fund a dozen West Virginia projects to prevent and control flooding, develop water resources, and study both protecting watersheds and restoring aquatic ecosystems.
07 November 2007
They Voted For You: Water Bill Veto Override
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It's about time that Congress start overriding vetoes of bills that working communities need to pass. Nice to see Capito joined in one this vote.
It just goes to show that you can buy off most any politician by offering pork in their district. Wouldn't it make a lot more sense (for the country as a whole) to apply some fiscal responsibility rather than just spread the pork around to get more votes?
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