Bush vetoes health and education bill.

On Air Force One today, President Bush vetoed a $606 billion education and health measure while signing “a big increase in the Pentagon’s non-war budget.” The health and education bill is “a bipartisan bill supported by over 50 Republicans,” House Appropriations Committee David Obey (D-WI) said in response. “There has been virtually no criticism of its contents. It is clear the only reason the president vetoed this bill is pure politics.”