Date: July 21, 1976
Subject: Public Works Veto Override
Description: Passage, over the President's July 6 veto, of the bill to authorize funding through fiscal 1977 of $2 billion for job-creating state and local public works projects, $1.25 billion for anti-recessionary aid to help state and local governments maintain services and $700 million for waste water treatment programs. This bill will create make-work public jobs, increase federal government growth, and augment federal control over local communities.
Result: Veto Overridden, 73-24
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