WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an election-year repudiation of President Bush, a House panel dominated by Republicans voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block a Dubai-owned firm from taking control of some U.S port operations.
By 62-2, the Appropriations Committee voted to bar DP World, run by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, from holding leases or contracts at U.S. ports. Bush has promised to veto any such measure passed by Congress, but there is widespread public opposition to the deal and the GOP fears losing its advantage on the issue of national security in this fall's elections.
As the panel acted, Democrats on the other side of the Capitol were clamoring for a vote on the same issue in the GOP-led Senate.
"We believe an overwhelming majority will vote to end the deal," said Democrat Charles Schumer of New York, whose attempt to force the issue to the floor brought the Senate to a late-afternoon standstill.
62 to 2.
Let's see if Bush makes good on using his veto pen for the first time EVER.
Those Republicans should be forewarned. Bush is an extremely vindictive, petty little boy who throws tantrums when he doesn't get his way.
So he may do the stupidest thing ever: try and get them back.
He may not realize that Congress can do pretty much anything they want to, and they have been the only thing allowing the clown to get away with crimes and impeachable offenses.
Technically, they have him by the balls. And he's probably too damned egotistical and stubborn to realize it.
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