Archive for May 21st, 2008

Mix-up throws House veto override in doubt (AP)

Written by on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 in Latest News.

Budget Director Jim Nussle briefs reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. President Bush vetoed the $300 billion farm bill on Wednesday, calling it a tax increase on regular Americans at a time of high food prices in the face of a near-certain override by Congress. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – The House overwhelmingly rejected President Bush’s veto Wednesday of a $290 billion farm bill, but what should have been a stinging defeat for the president became an embarrassment for Democrats.

Senate proposal seeks $165B for war (AP)

Written by on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 in Latest News.

Budget Director Jim Nussle briefs reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. President Bush vetoed the $300 billion farm bill on Wednesday, calling it a tax increase on regular Americans at a time of high food prices in the face of a near-certain override by Congress. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – In a go likely to doom billions of dollars that Democrats had sought for domestic programs, Senate leaders agreed Wednesday night to focus a funding bill on Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but allow a vote on a huge expansion of veterans’ education benefits.

Federal court rules against military gays policy (AP)

Written by on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 in Latest News.

A US soldier stands guard at the main entrance to the Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad,(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AP – The military cannot automatically discharge people because they’re gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal.



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