November 30, 2007
House Fails to Override Veto of Education Funds
The House of Representatives tried but failed to override the president's veto of the 2008 spending bill for labor, health, and education just before the legislators left town for their Thanksgiving recess.
In the Senate, meanwhile, leaders began to draft a compromise measure to try to deal with President Bush's concern that the bill was too expensive.
The legislation the president vetoed included more than $150-billion in "discretionary spending," which is not automatically set
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