1.   John KitzEaber, a Democrat, also threatened to veto any measure that eliminated the certificates.

2.   Bush vetoed the measure, and said he refused to be part of business as usual when we have one deficit after another piling up.

3.   If passed it would present Bush with the politically undesirable prospect of having to veto the measure during the election campaign.

4.   And even if the conferees compromise enough to agree on some kind of gun control, President Clinton had threatened to veto any measures that he deems too weak.

5.   And before half the votes were counted, Gov. Fife Symington was musing about the possibility of vetoing both measures.

6.   And President Clinton has vowed to veto any measure along the lines of the one the House passed Wednesday.

7.   And this time, the opponents have no guarantee that the Republican president will veto the measure.

8.   And this time, the opponents have no guarantee that the Republican president will veto the measure, which has already passed the Senate.

9.   Apart from the vendor bill, he vetoed a measure that would have directed the Water Board to set annual rates at the time the city budget is adopted.