Showers can form where the ITCZ is found, but the ITCZ does not have a monopoly on rain production. Showers can develop anywhere there is strong heating, moisture, and sources of lift, and rain can be quite heavy. Organized bands of rain may be found anywhere in the tropics, not just on an ITCZ.
Chief among whatâs at stake with a possible Obama veto is the 1.3 percent annual pay raise due to troops, one defense expert said. âThe biggest issue here is the military pay raise which will be stalled by a veto.o override an Obama veto, Republicans would need two-thirds majorities in both the House and the Senate. Earlier this month, the House approved the defense bill with a 270-156 vote, 20 short of the 290 needed to override Obama's veto. The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 70-27 Wednesday evening.
Unlike some fast-spreading Internet rumors, this one has a grain of truth, but it misrepresents some facts and fabricates others. First, it is true that Obama proposed a 1.4 percent base pay raise for members of the military in his budget for fiscal year 2011.Civilian federal employees would get the same 1.4 percent.o because the ECI increased 1.4 percent in 2009, thatâs the proposed military pay raise in 2010. The raise is unusually low, but thatâs because the ECI increase was unprecedentedly small â the smallest percent change since the series began in 1975, according to BLS.