House to Try Override of Intelligence Authorization Veto

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Source: CQ TODAY MIDDAY UPDATE

The House will try Tuesday to override President Bush’s March 8 veto of intelligence authorization legislation, Democratic aides said Monday.

The vote is all but sure to fail, but aides said it would allow Democrats to continue to criticize both President Bush’s interrogation policies and opposition to the bill by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

“The point is that we’re making a clear distinction between Democrats and the Bush administration,” said a Democratic aide. “Democrats are making the case against the use of torture because it is immoral and violates our nation’s deepest values, and we will continue to fight against it.”

The bill, authorizes a classified amount of funding for intelligence agencies for fiscal 2008, and also outlaws certain harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding. The intelligence budget for fiscal year 2007 was $43.5 billion.
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