Will We Get The First Presidential Veto?

Well, when the veto actually doesn't come to fruition, you can type "we told you so," using this statement as proof that the president mislead us again:

Q Scott, the Senate, I think, has just passed 78-20 the supplemental spending bill, and it's certainly a lot higher than the limit the President -- the ceiling the President put. Now, the President said, I think yesterday, "The Senate needs to hear me loud and clear." Does this mean I haven't heard them loud and clear?

MR. McCLELLAN: This is another step in the congressional process, first of all. This is the emergency spending legislation. The President believes this is vital legislation to continue to provide our troops in the war on terrorism with vital resources they need to continue to win the war on terrorism and to provide critical resources to the people of the Gulf Coast as they continue to rebuild their communities.

The President made it very clear yesterday; he reiterated some of his points. He said that this is a test on spending restraint, and he calls on Congress to fund our troops and fund the rebuilding efforts along the Gulf Coast, and then hold the line on spending elsewhere. That means don't put unnecessary spending into this emergency legislation.

Q So did the Senate just fail the test?

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, this is going to conference committee now. The House has passed legislation; the Senate has passed legislation. Differences will be worked out in conference committee. And we urge the conference committee to resolve those differences quickly, get a bill back that meets what the President called for in terms of support for our troops and the Gulf Coast, and then not including unnecessary spending -- and get that to the President's desk quickly, because our troops need these resources.

Q And if that number that it comes back in is over $94.5 billion, no question it will be vetoed?

MR. McCLELLAN: The President has made it very clear he would veto legislation that goes above and beyond what he called for. And also members of both the Senate and House have expressed that they will sustain that veto and that they have enough votes to sustain such a veto.

Does anyone else find it ironic that the W can't get what he wants from a republican controlled congress?