Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/president-bush-theatens-veto-of-senates-emergency-spending-bill Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript A $92 billion emergency spending bill already has the support of President Bush and approval by the House. However, the Senate has added $14 billion dollars for projects they consider emergencies, and the president is threatening to veto the bill. Kwame Holman reports on putting a price tag on emergencies. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: Putting a price tag on emergencies. NewsHour congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports. KWAME HOLMAN: Big-ticket items make up the bulk of the emergency spending bill now moving through Congress: $67 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; $23 billion for Katrina recovery on the Gulf Coast; and just over $2 billion to prepare for a possible avian flu outbreak.The $92 billion price tag already has the support of the president, approval by the House, and its nearing approval in the Senate.