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THE WEEK, Page 19NATIONVeto Wars
Congress corners the President on family leave and cable bills
Despite their eagerness to clear out of Washington for the
campaign trail, House and Senate Democrats paused for a moment
to put George Bush on the defensive. A bipartisan majority
approved the family- and medical-leave bill, which would require
companies with 50 or more employees to grant 12 weeks of unpaid
leave for workers to care for new babies or sick relatives.
Democrats denied they had revived the bill to push the President
into a corner with the charge that he had deserted his family
values theme. In issuing his veto, Bush proposed an alternative
that would provide $1,200 in tax credits to businesses for each
employee who takes time off for family emergencies. The Senate's
subsequent 68-to-31 vote marked the upper chamber's first veto
override of the Bush presidency. But it may have just been drama
-- the House is not expected to provide the two-thirds vote
needed for passage.
Bush also clashed with a congressional majority over a
proposed law that would restrain cable-television rates and spur
competition within cable systems; the Senate last week voted 74
to 25 to pass the bill. Bush charges that it will impose
unnecessary government regulation on the industry. Nicholas
Calio, White House aide for legislative affairs, said, "This
schedule was written for political purposes, and no one in
Congress can deny that."