NATION : Bush Veto on Eastern Is Upheld
The House today upheld President Bush’s veto of a bill to let the government intervene in the year-old Eastern Airlines dispute.
The 261-160 vote was seven votes short of the two-thirds needed to overturn the veto.
At issue was Bush’s quashing of a measure creating a special panel to investigate and recommend solutions to the bitter dispute between Eastern and 8,500 mechanics and other ground service workers.
Override supporters said it was the last chance to save the bankrupt carrier and jobs for the machinists who walked out last March. But members who sided with Bush said a congressional panel would not be able to solve the dispute, and the matter belonged in bankruptcy court.
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