White House woos Congress on ports--Rep. Foley: Veto could meet override

[PhilipShore]

MarketWatch
White House woos Congress on ports
Rep. Foley: Presidential veto could meet override
Feb 22, 2006

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B4169F380%2D97E5%2D44D5%2D9F03%2DA9BB1B402016%7D&siteid=google&keyword=

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The White House said it would reach out to Congress in an effort to avert a legislative clash over a Middle Eastern company's upcoming takeover of management operations at six U.S. seaports.

Congress' top two Republicans -- House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee -- and other top GOP lawmakers, including House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King of New York, have called for a moratorium on the deal and a re-examination of the entire CFIUS review process.

Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., a critic of the deal, raised the possibility that Bush could end up on the losing end of a showdown with the GOP-controlled Congress unless the administration adequately explains itself.

"Let's hope we'll get some dialogue going. Otherwise, this threat of a veto may include an override of that veto threat," Foley told CNBC.

[dflprincess]

1. Reach out?

Doesn't that mean Bush is sending Rove to the Hill to start threatening people?

[snacker]

4. Yup, woo = threaten. n/t

[lakeguy]

2. here come the deals...

hastert and frist get 200k (or more). any other GOPer that goes along gets 100k. anyone who doesn't will be cut of from any future "kickbacks" or campaign help. should seal the deal for the most corrupt bunch of cronies EVER.

[phantom power]

3. O hell, how I hope Congress stuffs this deal back in Bush's face.

I hope they spike it like a volleyball.

[Mithras61]

5. B ut wait!

I thought W_rong didn't know anything on this deal! Now he's "wooing" Congress? I smell a lie here somewhere (of course, since it's the Bushies, it's mostly ALL lies).

[Beetwasher]

6. I Hope The Repubs Roll Over On This Like They Did For The NSA Hearings

Man, that would be just too sweet. What a set up that would be for November.