Sen. Mel Martinez, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln Diaz-Balart say they're ready to vote to override the presidential veto. The Water Resources Development Act HR 1495 contains more than $2 billion for Everglades restoration efforts.
Martinez said "at the end of the day, as a Floridian, Everglades restoration is such an integral part of this WRDA bill we have to take the good with the bad."
Rep. Connie Mack, R-Cape Coral, assailed the presidential veto. "I'm confident that both the House and Senate can override his veto," Mack said. "And I hope we do so without delay."
This is a new local blog for Florida's twenty-first Congressional district and watching the actions of Lincoln Diaz-Balart, the Republican representative who misserves us in Washington. If you are interested in posting at The Lincoln Observer, drop me a line at quinnelk@hotmail.com with some idea of your Democratic and/or progressive credentials and I'll add you as a blogger.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Good Diaz-Balart
Contrary to popular belief, the point of this blog is not to make Diaz-Balart look bad. The point is to draw an accurate picture of Lincoln and let him make himself look bad. That means from time to time, he might actually look good on certain issues: