Today the president threatened to veto the $21 billion reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act, which among other things would spend billions of dollars to improve hurricane protection along the Gulf Coast.
This provided an opportunity for semi-disgraced Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) to pop his head up to take a whack at the President Bush …
“I am stunned by the President’s WRDA veto threat. And I have one basic response – I will enthusiastically work to override his veto,” said Sen. David Vitter, R-La., in an unusually harsh rebuke to the leader of his own party. “Considering the well-publicized criticism of the way the administration handled this (Hurricane Katrina) disaster, I’m stunned. I’m afraid the promise the president made to the nation in Jackson Square comes across as hollow today.”
