Can we expect for President Bush to exercise his veto powers more now that Dems are in control of the House?
814210
But that will work against him in the long run. And he won't want to be called the Abominable "No" Man
828146
Not much that can be done about things which don't need Congressional approval.  But, his legislative program - such as it is - won't get through a Democratically controlled House and/or Senate.  The abuse stops when a new Congress goes into session - thank God!
891959
If voter sampling across the country is any indication people were not voting for Democrats, they were voting against Republicans. I am an Independent, but I voted for Republicans at the national level. I did this because I have not seen any positive message for change from the Democrats, but rather just indictments of Republicans being bad. No matter what the reason, Democrats now control the House, but don't count on change. While the Democrats can now make the president a lame duck, they cannot pass sweeping change for the next 2 years. What we can expect going forward is that the president will use his veto power.
832775
Nah, Bush has his trusty veto pen handy!
738478
No matter what happens republicans won't be able to blindly follow President Bush anymore as democrats are going to gain at least a dozen house seats, four senate seats and a half dozen governors. \n\nThat said it is likely that Democrats will gain at least 18 seats in the house and control the house. There is a more or less 50/50 chance of them gaining the senate. \n\nBut who can say for certain what will happen?\n\nEither way it is a victory for the democrats. The question is how large of a victory?
865604
My state is still very much Republican, I'm not complaining.\n\nSenate, House, whatever - The President is still Republican and carries the power to Veto.
264606
It will happen near the mid term elections in November. \nThe Bush administration can not afford to lose the House of Representatives. Let's see if this ploy works.
831193
I'm happy. The Republican controlled Congress was a rubber stamp for Bush and that breaks the balance of power that there should be in a democracy. Now with a Democrat controlled House and Senate he is going to negotiate and not going to be able to do anything he wants.
826735
To override a veto from president senate AND house must both vote 2/3. So many republicans would have to side with democrats to override.\n\nGo to site and read\n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veto_override\n\n\nUGH..\n\n.
811644
to answer your question ther democrate won controle of the U.S house of respesentative and well are leaning toward controle of the U.S senate and as far as the U.S governatorl elections go wel it was mainly a democratic sweep. what this mean is that  with the democrate in the house and well may be the senate , president bush will have a hard time getting most of his way  when it comes to his policies forgin and domestic.  This election also is a predictor of whats to come in 2008 the United States Presidental elctions. with the States houses in most local(states) races going to the democratic party , the rebublicans will have alot of rethinking some of their policieys . sdince Bush Can't Run No More.  For most of Europe i guess that a good sing for you.  the Republican  Party  in other words will have a hard time getting a republican president in 2008
517763
Usually members of congress will have a pretty good idea of whether or not the president will sign the bill into a law beforehand.  And sometimes congress passes a bill knowing it will get vetoed anyway.  Since the government is usually not unified (with a party in control of congress and the opposite party in control of the white house) vetoes will occur from time to time.  But obviously the more vetoes the worse the relationship between the two branches.  It could be construed as weakness on either side.  One could say its a weak president because he cant get any of his legislation passed, or a weak congress that cant convince the president (unless the choose to override the veto in which case the congress would be viewed as having a bit of an advantage).\nRecently, President Bush hasn't vetoed a single bill/law.  This is because he has a better relationship with congress, because they are of the same party.  Especially with his approval ratings low, if the congress was democratically controlled, then you would see a much more volatile relationship, resulting in a lot more vetoes.
711108
The Democrats broke the Bush Dictatorship, took control of the House of Representatives and the Senate is still in question. Bush will have to be responsible for his actions now. Democracy still works with the Constitution.
805980
i agree, but it's been a while since democrats have had control of congress. and don't forget they only control the house right now, it'll still be a while before all the votes for senate are counted and sorted out. here's to hoping for the senate!
779697
I think Democrats are starting to get over the euphoria of their win and are realizing what actually happened. Voter samples show that voters were not really voting for the Democrats, but rather against the Republicans. What the voters have done is actually create a stalemate situation. This because while Democrats control the congress, the president controls veto power and the Democrats do not have the majority required to override. So while Democrats have indeed made the president a lame duck, they have also imposed the same on the congress. It does not have to be this way though. If Democrats reach across the aisle to craft bi-partisan legislation which benefits all Americans they can still accomplish many things. However, if they fall back on the liberal agenda nothing of substance will get done in government for the next 2 years. The biggest problem for Democrats is now they have the power and they must produce. Just calling the other side evil is not going to do it anymore. The Democrats say they wanted change for all Americans, the coming days, weeks, and months will show if they were honest, or if they just wanted power again and were willing to say whatever it took to get elected.
700070
Not much. They don't have enough seats to override a veto, and Bush is too stubborn to try to compromise with them. They (Congress) will pass bills, and Bush will shoot them down. Bush will propose stuff to Congress, and they will kill it in committee.
892494
i hope so. but democrats don't want to impeach bush. they want to push him in the right direction for a change, though.
797225
It really doesn't matter because nothing is going to get accomplished over the next 2 years. Anything Bush sends to Congress will get voted down. Anything Congress sends Bush will get vetoed, and they don't have enough of a majority to override, thus we have a stalemate for the next 2 years.......