Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 030-006
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 1972 at 2:01 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-006

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[0:00] Bill's estimate is as I gave it to you, but here's what goes into it.
[0:08] He says there's no guarantee in this.
[0:11] The big bill that had legal services in it and was a bad bill had 147 votes against it in the House.
[0:18] Of course, we need 145 to sustain a veto.
[0:24] On the other hand, the conference report had only 98 votes against it on this bill that we're looking at here.
[0:31] And the reason for that was that most people thought that it was in shape that would be satisfactory to the administration.
[0:39] So he said under those kind of peculiar circumstances, he wouldn't be in a position to warrant to you that he could sustain it, but he has a pretty good feel about it.
[0:54] Can we hold this for tomorrow?
[0:57] I don't know.
[0:57] Let me find out.
[0:58] Find out what you write.