So, Bush can push through legislation against the wishes of the majority party in congress: Are you serious?
Geesh, are you being obtuse on purpose? The democrats liked the bill, they just weren't pushing it. The republican leadership loved the bill too, but the few conservatives in the senate did not.
The bill wasn't being held up by democrats but by conservative republicans. Bush, Lott, McCain and Kyl arm twisted the republican holdouts for two weeks until enough of them agreed to reconsider.