If President Obama does turn out to be as ideologically rigid as many believe him to be, these necessary policies can be adopted by bipartisan, veto proof, Congressional majorities after the next mid-terms.
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If they would at least aggressively explain their policies to the public, even if Obama resists and pushes the economy off the cliff for now, they can gain working veto proof majorities in the midterms to rescue the American Dream before it is too late.
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After all, last year both houses by veto-proof margins adopted legislation first introduced by Sen.
Last August, however, Mr. Clinton signed legislation adopted by veto-proof majorities in both houses.
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Illinois Democrats won veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the Legislature and picked up seats in Congress.
The bill's supporters believe they can assemble a veto-proof majority for the measure, which Mr Bush opposes.
The leaders told the president they would pass measures to block the deal by veto-proof majorities, sources said.
The bill passed by wide margins, but in the House of Representatives it fell short of a veto-proof margin.
Net result: The GOP increased its majority, but it is far from veto-proof.
The TSEA passed the House a few weeks ago by a veto-proof margin.
But in the end, 32 Republicans voted with Democrats on the measure, passing it 256-166 -- short of a veto-proof majority, however.
The task then remains to find a veto-proof way to approve funding for troops without expressing approval of the war they're fighting.
When this bipartisan legislation was adopted by veto-proof margins in both houses of Congress, President Clinton chose to sign it into law.
He will not like a proposal to allow more federally funded stem-cell research, but Ms Pelosi thinks she can assemble a veto-proof two-thirds majority for it.
Melissa Mark-Viverito, a Manhattan Democrat and one of the bill's veto-proof 38 sponsors, said "conversations are happening" about the prospect of bringing the bill to the floor.
The bad news is that to do so, veto-proof majorities in both houses would have to be found for resolutions of disapproval something seen as unlikely.
Still, the WARN Act--passed in 1988 by a Democratic Congress with a veto-proof margin (it took effect without then-President Ronald Reagan's signature)--is a comparatively weak weapon for workers.
However, the Senate's version of the bill passed with enough support to be veto-proof, setting the stage for a delicate compromise between chambers when Congress returns next month.
Earlier this week, lawmakers voted by a veto-proof majority to stop filling the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an action President Bush says will have no meaningful affect on prices.
In support of Obama's appeasement efforts, both the House and the Senate Foreign Relations committees set aside veto-proof bills that would place sanctions on companies exporting refined fuel to Iran.
For that matter, it is frequently echoed even by some of their own office-holders, frustrated by the party's inability to command the necessary cloture-imposing and veto-proof majorities on Capitol Hill.
Despite a veto-proof majority of council members supporting a bill to require city employers to provide workers with paid sick days, Ms. Quinn had blocked the measure from coming to the floor for years.
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"By adopting the Kyl Amendment with a veto-proof margin, the House of Representatives has performed an historic service for the people of the United States and for those who live under Soviet rule, " said Frank J.
If ever the stars were in alignment for liberal Democratic policies to shine, it was during the first two years of Mr. Obama's presidency, after he had handily defeated John McCain and been sent to Washington with huge, veto-proof majorities in Congress.
Although Mr. Clinton was compelled in 1999 by veto-proof bipartisan majorities in Congress to sign legislation making it the policy of the U.S. to deploy a limited, effective national missile defense "as soon as technologically possible, " he resisted calls to exercise our Article XV right to withdraw so as to implement that policy.
If he can convince Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that the White House will only get serious about Iran's nuclear weapons program if Netanyahu freezes Jewish building in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem, then Obama can present his sudden willingness to sign on to veto-proof congressional sanctions legislation not as a consequence of his own failure, but as a result of Israeli pressure.
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