Democrats fail to override Bush Iraq bill veto

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives failed to override President George Bush’s veto of an Iraqi war spending Bill with timetables for US troop withdrawals.

Yesterday’s 222-203 vote, far short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto, came just ahead of a White House meeting that Bush called to begin compromise talks with congressional leaders of both parties on new legislation to finance the war, now in its fifth year.