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Congress Considers Options After President Announces Plan To Veto Defense Bill

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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

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By Jen DiMascio Congressional leaders are weighing options for overcoming President Bush's decision to veto the annual bill to authorize funding for Pentagon operations that lawmakers overwhelmingly passed last month. The bill could be modified to address the administration's concerns--and a pay raise issue caused by the veto--or congressional leadership could try to override the veto, said congressional aides. The original bill passed by a 370 to 49 vote in the House and a 90 to 3 vote in the…

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