Bush has vetoed only 12 bills since...
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Bush has vetoed only 12 bills since...
Bush has vetoed only 12 bills since July 2006. Four of those 12 were overridden and became law.
Of those remaining eight bills, which ones would you have signed into law?
http://www.senate.gov/reference/Legi...oes/BushGW.htm
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR2082
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR1591
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110S5
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR976
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR3043
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR3963
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR1585
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.109HR810
Of those remaining eight bills, which ones would you have signed into law?
http://www.senate.gov/reference/Legi...oes/BushGW.htm
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR2082
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR1591
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110S5
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR976
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR3043
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR3963
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.110HR1585
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.109HR810
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Obama supporters have said that Congress hasn't accomplished anything worthwhile, because Bush has been an obstacle by NOT signing their bills.
Running a search on NY Times website, I see that he has signed several bills...
http://query.nytimes.com/search/site...ush+signs+2008
In what instance, has Bush been a hinderance to Congress in placing bills into law?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...52C0A96E9C8B63
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/bu...31housing.html
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...54C0A96E9C8B63
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/wo...a/01sudan.html
Running a search on NY Times website, I see that he has signed several bills...
http://query.nytimes.com/search/site...ush+signs+2008
In what instance, has Bush been a hinderance to Congress in placing bills into law?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...52C0A96E9C8B63
Bush Signs Gun Measure
By AP
Published: January 9, 2008
President Bush signed legislation intended to prevent the severely mentally ill from buying guns, in a rare bipartisan agreement with the Democratic-led Congress after the shooting massacre last April at Virginia Tech. The bill authorizes up to $1.3 billion in grant money for states to improve their ability to track and report individuals who should not qualify to buy a gun legally, including those involuntarily confined by a mental institution. Much of the money, to be spent over five years, would be used to increase state feeds to a national system used to run background checks on gun purchases.
By AP
Published: January 9, 2008
President Bush signed legislation intended to prevent the severely mentally ill from buying guns, in a rare bipartisan agreement with the Democratic-led Congress after the shooting massacre last April at Virginia Tech. The bill authorizes up to $1.3 billion in grant money for states to improve their ability to track and report individuals who should not qualify to buy a gun legally, including those involuntarily confined by a mental institution. Much of the money, to be spent over five years, would be used to increase state feeds to a national system used to run background checks on gun purchases.
Bush Signs Sweeping Housing Bill
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: July 31, 2008
WASHINGTON — President Bush signed into law on Wednesday a huge package of housing legislation that included broad authority for the Treasury Department to safeguard the nation’s two largest mortgage finance companies and a plan to help hundreds of thousands of troubled borrowers avoid losing their homes.
Skip to next paragraph Mr. Bush signed the legislation, which Congress approved last week, shortly after 7 a.m. in the Oval Office, the deputy White House press secretary, Tony Fratto, said.
The law authorizes the Treasury to rescue the mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, should they verge on collapse, potentially by spending tens of billions in federal monies. Together, the companies own or guarantee nearly half of the nation’s $12 trillion in mortgages.
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: July 31, 2008
WASHINGTON — President Bush signed into law on Wednesday a huge package of housing legislation that included broad authority for the Treasury Department to safeguard the nation’s two largest mortgage finance companies and a plan to help hundreds of thousands of troubled borrowers avoid losing their homes.
Skip to next paragraph Mr. Bush signed the legislation, which Congress approved last week, shortly after 7 a.m. in the Oval Office, the deputy White House press secretary, Tony Fratto, said.
The law authorizes the Treasury to rescue the mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, should they verge on collapse, potentially by spending tens of billions in federal monies. Together, the companies own or guarantee nearly half of the nation’s $12 trillion in mortgages.
Bush Signs Eavesdropping Law
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 11, 2008
President Bush signed a bill that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the United States spy on Americans. Mr. Bush called the bill ''landmark legislation that is vital to the security of our people.''... Lawmakers debated for almost a year over the program of wiretapping without warrants initiated after the Sept. 11 attacks. The American Civil Liberties Union and a number of other groups filed separate complaints in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the new law.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 11, 2008
President Bush signed a bill that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the United States spy on Americans. Mr. Bush called the bill ''landmark legislation that is vital to the security of our people.''... Lawmakers debated for almost a year over the program of wiretapping without warrants initiated after the Sept. 11 attacks. The American Civil Liberties Union and a number of other groups filed separate complaints in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the new law.
Bush Signs Bill Allowing Sudan Divestment
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: January 1, 2008
CRAWFORD, Tex. — President Bush signed legislation on Monday allowing state and local governments to cut investment ties with companies doing business in Sudan, even as he expressed concerns that the bill could interfere with his right to set foreign policy.
The measure, called the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, is aimed at pressuring Sudan to end the violence in the Darfur region, where 200,000 people have been killed and more than two million driven from their homes in a four-year conflict that Mr. Bush has termed a genocide.
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: January 1, 2008
CRAWFORD, Tex. — President Bush signed legislation on Monday allowing state and local governments to cut investment ties with companies doing business in Sudan, even as he expressed concerns that the bill could interfere with his right to set foreign policy.
The measure, called the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, is aimed at pressuring Sudan to end the violence in the Darfur region, where 200,000 people have been killed and more than two million driven from their homes in a four-year conflict that Mr. Bush has termed a genocide.
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I never said I was an Obama supporter, I graduated with political science degree with a focus in American Law and feel that a voters responsibility is to be informed from all sides not one.
Anyways I never said Bush was a hindrance to Congress? Do you like taking my words out of context? I said that Congress for the last 2 years has been full of filibusters and when there aren't filibusters they have to run with vetoes. I explained that and you didn't even try to discuss it and sidestepped the whole topic altogether. Just cause these bills get passed doesn't deny the 100+ filibusters for this 110th Congress, still happened. Filibusters block bills from even getting to the Presidents desk, in turn never having a chance to get veto'd. In addition if you noticed your cited examples they are reactionary bills primarily. The 3rd bill, although not reactionary, infringes greatly on your own civil rights, which let's big brother into your home without any just cause or reason. I don't care who supported it, I believe it is just wrong.
Anyways I never said Bush was a hindrance to Congress? Do you like taking my words out of context? I said that Congress for the last 2 years has been full of filibusters and when there aren't filibusters they have to run with vetoes. I explained that and you didn't even try to discuss it and sidestepped the whole topic altogether. Just cause these bills get passed doesn't deny the 100+ filibusters for this 110th Congress, still happened. Filibusters block bills from even getting to the Presidents desk, in turn never having a chance to get veto'd. In addition if you noticed your cited examples they are reactionary bills primarily. The 3rd bill, although not reactionary, infringes greatly on your own civil rights, which let's big brother into your home without any just cause or reason. I don't care who supported it, I believe it is just wrong.
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Congressmen should have to actually filibuster instead of just saying, "hey look at me i just invoked the filibuster rule". If they actually had to keep talking in order for the filibuster to remain active, it would be useful. As it is now it's only really a political posturing tool.