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U.S. Sen. Grassley: Response to Obama's Comments on Veto Override
5/11/2007

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:     Iowa Media

FR:     Beth Levine,         Press Secretary for Senator Grassley, 202/224-6197

RE:     Obama Comments

DA:     May 11, 2007

Following is a comment from me, Beth Levine, press secretary for Senator Grassley, in response to comments made by Senator Obama at his town hall meeting in Indianola.

“Sen. Obama’s comments yesterday renew the questions about his readiness.  Overriding President Bush’s veto of a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq would have to take place first in the House of Representatives because that's the chamber of Congress from which the legislation originated.  It's been demonstrated that the votes aren’t there to override that veto, despite the fact that the House is controlled by Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic Party.  So, there isn’t an opportunity for a veto override in the Senate in this case and, as a result, there’s no way that Sen. Grassley holds a key vote.  Sen. Obama might want to sign up for American Government 101 to learn about the veto process.  Or, he could learn the job he has in the U.S. Senate before thinking he ought to be President.”


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