... there wouldn’t be a question of Reparations today had Democratic President Andrew Johnson signed Senate Bill 60 (in 1866) which would have given each African American family 40 acres and a mule. Instead, Johnson vetoed the Bill and continued to block other key pieces of legislation that were designed to bring about "equality" for African Americans. Perryman further argues that: During the past 200 years, our government operated ...

On 2008-09-19, dizzy <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote: The Rebugs in my state had a fucking shit-fit because the dems (and a few honorable Republicans) over-rode the shitheaded governor's veto of a bill to raise the gas tax SIX CENTS to help build roads. Realize that the gas taxes 'need' to be raised to 'fix the roads' because so much of it was diverted to other purposes. Everything from forest preserve paths to police checkpoints and...

... have a bunch of disadvantages that make them intolerable to the US, like free health care etc. The Rebugs in my state had a fucking shit-fit because the dems (and a few honorable Republicans) over-rode the shitheaded governor's veto of a bill to raise the gas tax SIX CENTS to help build roads. SIX CENTS. Compared to the DOLLAR or so fluctuations going to Enron et al. Then the pieces of SHIT had the gall to run ads blaming the high...

... been destroyed by his own actions and by Ken Star. http://banking.senate.gov/prel99/1105tme.htm --------------- November 4, 1999 -- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act passes the Senate 90-8 and the House 362-57. ----------------------------------------------------- Can anybody spell "veto proof"? Many did, including me right here ..... no one was listening, and if they were they utterly ignored it. From the President down to you.

... Obama is "against troop funding." The Truth: According to Factcheck.org, Obama has only voted against one war-funding bill, "after Bush vetoed a version that contained a date for withdrawal from Iraq." 11. The Myth: McCain echoed his wife's dubious claim that Alaska's ... waterboarding no matter what. Sometimes even an ex-POW has to look tough. Luckily, the bill still passed. Unluckily, McCain's good buddy George W. Bush vetoed it.

... 11, 2008. McCain promises to slash earmarks and save us money. But earmarks are a tiny fraction of the federal budget -- less than 1 percent in 2008. If elected, John McCain pledges to veto any bill with earmarks. McCain touts his opposition to earmarks as a crusade against corruption and waste. However, some observers suspect that McCain's pledge to fight earmarks is just another power grab for the executive branch....

... less than 1 percent in 2008. If elected, John McCain pledges to veto any bill with earmarks. McCain touts his opposition to earmarks as a crusade ...-laden earmark, big spending bill that comes across my desk, I will veto it. You will know their names. I will make them famous, and... agenda. Lilly questions whether McCain is serious about his campaign promise to veto all bills with earmarks. "Previous presidents have found that they had a ...

... beliefs are particularly religious. As far as I can tell, he's just swapping the vague word "God" for the technical term "emergence", and hoping that makes everything better somehow, all by itself. Well, as long as "emergence" doesn't demand regular worship, pecuniary sacrifices and the right of veto on our sex lives, it could be something of an improvement. Emergence can demand whatever, I just ignore it.

... support the validity of those beliefs. I'm not even sure how these beliefs are particularly religious.  As far as I can tell, he's just swapping the vague word "God" for the technical term "emergence", and hoping that makes everything better somehow, all by itself. Well, as long as "emergence" doesn't demand regular worship, pecuniary sacrifices and the right of veto on our sex lives, it could be something of an improvement.

... budget guidelines, then made a big grandstand display of line-item vetoing projects, calling them pork. Public outcry and further legislative action restored most of these projects-which had been vetoed simply because she was not aware of their importance-but with ... supporter": absolutely true social conservative: mixed. Opposes gay marriage, BUT vetoed a bill that would have denied benefits to employees in same-...