I'm not sure if this has already posted, and if it please comment and I will take this down.
Bush brushed aside significant objections from Capitol Hill, even from Republicans, in thwarting legislation that provides money for projects like repairing hurricane damage, restoring wetlands and preventing flooding in communities across the nation.
http://news.yahoo.com/...
Yup, because why spend money here when we can spend money in Iraq?
The article says there are enough votes to override.
The authorizations include:
_$3.6 billion for major wetlands and other coastal restoration, flood control and dredging projects for Louisiana, a state where coastal erosion and storms have resulted in the disappearance of huge areas of land;
_nearly $2 billion for the restoration of the Florida Everglades;
_nearly $2 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers to build seven new locks on the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers;
_$7 billion for various projects related to hurricane mitigation in Mississippi and Louisiana, including assuring 100-year levee protection in New Orleans;
_hundreds of smaller dredging, wetlands restoration and flood control projects across the country.
As long as there are Democrats benefiting it can't be a good bill.