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"Republicans desert Bush The vote is the first such setback for Mr Bush, after nearly seven years in the White House. Mr Bush has vetoed five bills in the last two years, after refraining from vetoing any in his first five years in office. His Republican allies in Congress, many of whom are up for re-election in 2008, sustained his previous vetoes, but deserted him on the water bill. Although Democrats have held a majority in both houses since the mid-term elections of November 2006, they could not have overturned the presidential veto without the support of Republicans. A majority of Republicans, both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, voted in favour of the bill. "Republicans desert Bush The vote is the first such setback for Mr Bush, after nearly seven years in the White House. Mr Bush has vetoed five bills in the last two years, after refraining from vetoing any in his first five years in office. His Republican allies in Congress, many of whom are up for re-election in 2008, sustained his previous vetoes, but deserted him on the water bill. Although Democrats have held a majority in both houses since the mid-term elections of November 2006, they could not have overturned the presidential veto without the support of Republicans. A majority of Republicans, both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, voted in favour of the bill."
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