Sources say President Bush will veto the Medicare legislation passed last week that blocked pay cuts to doctors, but Congress is expected to override the veto.
Update: Congress overrode the veto.
The House voted 383-41 to override the veto, while the Senate voted 70-26, in both cases far more than the two-thirds necessary to block the president's action. Bush has vetoed 12 bills; this is the third one to be overridden.
With organized medicine and other lobbies promoting the popular measure in an election year, Republicans broke heavily from the White House. A total of 153 House Republicans and 21 Senate Republicans voted to defy the White House. via courant.com
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