BUSH VETO LIKELY IN WATER FUNDING OVERRIDE PLANNED.Byline: LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. FRIEDMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- More than $207 million for Southland water projects hangs in the balance on Capitol Hill in a battle between Congress and President George W. Bush over a major water-resources bill. Bush is expected to veto the measure, which authorizes $23 billion for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging, flood control, dam safety and ecosystem projects nationwide -- including $25 million for the revitalization of the Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. and $89 million to remove Ventura County's Matilija Dam and restore the area's ecosystem. Taxpayer groups These taxpayer groups can be formal nonprofit organizations or informal groups. They are generally seen as “watch dog” groups. As such they try to keep taxes and borrowing down as well as spending. Many US cities have these taxpayer groups. on Wednesday hailed the expected presidential veto, saying the Water Resources Development Act is 53 percent over budget and represents egregious overspending. But members of Congress and others who support the funding have vowed to override any presidential veto. With the measure's recent 81-12 passage in the Senate -- and last month's 381-40 vote in the House -- advocates say the water bill will survive. California Sen. Barbara Boxer Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. A member of the Democratic Party, Boxer was first elected to the U.S. , a Democrat who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Committee and helped shepherd the bill to passage, has vowed a vote to override Bush if he does veto it. "I hope that when the president sees the strong bipartisan support ... he will reconsider his veto threat," Boxer said after the bill passed. The projects in it, she said, "will help meet our water infrastructure needs and protect our communities from the threat of floods and storms." In Ventura County, Jeff Pratt, director of the watershed protection The term watershed refers to an area of land that drains precipitation that falls on it to a common point. These points could be streams, lakes, etc. Precipitatoin falling on any part of a watershed can travel quickly on the surface of the land, known as surface runoff, or travel through district, applauded the $89.7 million set aside for the Matilija Dam. While the project to pull the dam down by 2010 and restore the natural process of the river has already budgeted several million dollars, Pratt said becoming eligible for federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve will make a big difference. "We could be doing more if we had more money," Pratt said. In all, the bill includes $1.3 billion for 54 flood control and restoration projects in California. lisa.friedman(at)langnews.com (202) 662-8731 |
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