Obama Vetoes First Piece of Legislation

[cal04]

Source: Associated Press

President Barack Obama has rejected his first piece of legislation from Congress, a stopgap spending bill that never had to take effect.

The White House on Wednesday said Obama exercised his right to send back to the Capitol a temporary appropriations bill that lawmakers passed in case a winter storm about two weeks ago would have prevented them from approving a final measure to fund the Pentagon next year. The Dec. 19 blizzard didn't keep them away from the Capitol and they approved the $626 billion defense spending bill before the previous budget expired.

The White House described the move as a technicality that the president took out of an abundance of caution, and that it was his first veto.

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[bluestateguy]

1. Disgusting. That's not the hope and change I voted for.

Waaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!

Kucinich or Dean in '12!!!!!

[Frances]

2. Thanks for the smile

[No Elephants]

6. Kvelling over a technicality that probably was not necessary as "change?" LOL

[grytpype]

11. +100000

:cry:

[rwheeler31]

3. Good that bill was so loaded.

[JoeyT]

4. It's almost sad.

They (Congress) can put forward a spending bill that'll take over in case they can't get there to vote for the real budget for the Pentagon, but every single social program has to fight tooth and nail for every penny.
Would this have even done anything since they passed the real budget?
Good on him for vetoing it anyway.

[impik]

5. These people have no shame. Unbelievable

[No Elephants]

7. An unnecessary veto. Wow.

Everyone made a big deal over Bush's never having vetoed anything from 2000 to 2006. So, now we have a meaningless veto. And some are impressed. Good grief.

And we're supposed to be the smarter Party.

[Demeter]

8. Sadly, We Are

W would have signed it anyway, and then where would we be?

[harun]

10. With the other party becoming unbearable, it is sending some

of their rif-raf our way. Hopefully hanging out on DU long enough will smarten em up.

[izquierdista]

9. That's $2000 a head

What kind of protection racket is the Pentagon running, that it costs $2000 per person?

[midnight]

12. Mr. President, out of an abundance of caution, please bail main street out.