If Bush vetoes the Iraq war-spending bill , what happens then...?

Question

The thing ends there or the Senate/House can do anything?

I mean what are the legal and political consequences of the veto in this case?

I mean the new bill with the one year deadline!

Answer 1

The Bill will pass, the time line will be removed, the Libs will get their pork, and make the far left happy that they tried to lose the war...

Answer 2

If/when Bush vetoes this bill, it is dead. It is theoretically possible for the House and Senate to override the veto with a 2/3 majority in both, but this isn't going to happen.

There are several possibilities as to what happens next. One is that the House can simply refuse to introduce any bill at all, which means the entire military is no longer funded, not just the war efforts. This isn't going to happen, because it would close down the Defense Industry, which would directly impact the economy of the states of most of the Democrats that back this bill. They have to pass a budget.

The next possibility is that they can try this again, and this time increase the amount of pork to bribe even more of the House and Senate to support the bill. I suspect this is what they want to do, and may attempt it, but I doubt they will get away with that. It will take too much money, and demand a tax increase which they won't get, and ultimately cause serious damage to the Economy through inflation and higher interest rates, and I doubt that anyone voting for that level of spending will get re-elected in 08.

Finally, if they get really desperate, they can do the right thing and pass a clean bill.

Answer 3

The inherent problem is an illegal war by an administration made up of political hacks who don't believe govt can work, so all is doomed to failure regardless of how the senate/house tries to mandate an end to this nightmare. Historically speaking, this is an absolute crisis when the heart and will of the people are not in the support of a war. A veto from the president will show contempt toward the american people and further push the spending bill through until it is more of the same, with no accountability. No one really knows what will happen in a few months from now, everyone can speculate and make assumptions base on similar situations (Vietnam war), but that is just guessing at best.

Answer 4

Legally-->The system will work the way it is designed to work.

The bill goes back to Congress. The originating house (in this case, House of Representatives) can attempt to overrride the veto with the concent of 2/3 of those present at the time of the vote. If 2/3 are in favor in the House, then the bill moves to the Senate where it must be approved by another 2/3 of those present.

If it passes through both houses of Congress, then it becomes a law.

If it does not, then Congressional leaders may opt to review and revise the bill; and the process of "How a Bill Becomes a Law" will start over again.

Politically-->The exact political fallout from any such veto action is often difficult to determine...but given what appears to be a total lack of interest on the part of the general public, I would guess that there will be little (if any) political fallout. Of course, that's subject to change.

Answer 5

The House and Senate will take yet another "well-deserved" (what a freakin' joke) vacation for Easter and then they come back, realizing that the Democrats can't muster the votes to override the veto. They will then launch into a Festival of Whining about how President Bush is ruining the Country, then they will consider and pass the funding bill that they should have passed in the first place, without the 24 billion dollars worth of pork. By then some other imagined crisis, like Gonzales's firing of incompetant Attorneys, will come up and being that Members of Congress have shorter attention spans that moths, they will find something else to distract the American Public from the shortfallings of their elected leaders.

Answer 6

The Senate and the House can override the veto power of the President regarding the Spending Bill by a 2/3 vote with both bodies voting separately.

Answer 7

If Bush vetoes it, there are no funds for the war. The Pentagon will stall for a while by using other funds. The President will hope there is pressure on congress to get funds for the troops instead of pressure on him to withdraw them. He hopes the pressure will make congress pass a bill with no withdrawal date, but it could be Republicans in congress vote to override the veto to get funds to the troops. The Democrats can veto any bill that doesn't have a limit by not passing it or filibustering it in the Senate. Unless someone blinks, training of forces at home will suffer first. Political consequences depend on who the public blames, if they blame someone, or if they really want to see the war ended by defunding.

Answer 8

Congress don't have the votes to override the veto this is basically a democratic symbolic way of beating your chest as anyone ever heard of too many cooks spoil the broth no country can conduct a war by committee it just does not work.

Answer 9

In the system of checks and balances that we have, congress can over-ride a presidential veto. This requires a minimum 2/3 majority in both houses of congress. If this is not achieved, the bill dies.

Answer 10

This is something that will unfold. Bush and the troops require funding, and, to vetoe the current bill means no funding. A stalmate would be hard to watch, so, compromises, hopefully constructive compromises, need be sought after by both sides.

Answer 11

I think you will have a game of chicken between the legislative and executive offices. I think absolutely nothing will happen. Remember the President will have a year to eighteen months of funding if either one of the bills is approved so things will carry on for some time.