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==== Water Resources and Development Act ==== Vitter helped write the Water Resources and Development Act for flood-control, hurricane-protection and coastal-restoration projects including $3.6 billion for Louisiana. He called it the "single most important" legislation for assisting Louisiana with its recovery from hurricane Katrina. President [[George W. Bush]] vetoed the act, objecting to its cost.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 27, 2007|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/10059676.html|title=Our Views: State needs flood projects|publisher=[[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)]] and [[WBRZ-TV]]|access-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=September 27, 2007 |url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070927/OPINION01/709270329/1014/OPINION |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070716173537/http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070927/OPINION01/709270329/1014/OPINION |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2007 |title=Federal water bill critical to state |newspaper=The Daily Advertiser |access-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=November 2, 2007 |author=Alpert, Bruce |url=http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/11/bush_vetoes_massive_water_bill.html |title=Bush vetoes massive water resources bill |newspaper=[[The Times-Picayune]] |access-date=November 2, 2007 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Congress overrode his veto, enacting the bill.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 8, 2007|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Congress-Veto.html?hp|title=Senate Overrides Bush Veto on Water Bill|agency=Associated Press|access-date=November 8, 2007| work=The New York Times}} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref>
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