Line-item veto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In government, the line-item veto is the power of an executive to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually budget appropriations, without vetoing the entire legislative package. The ...
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Line Item Veto Act of 1996 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Line Item Veto Act of 1996 enacted a line-item veto for the Federal government of the United States, but its effect was brief due to judicial review. Public Law (P.L.) 104-130 was introduced by ...
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Many state governors in the United States have line-item veto power with respect to at least some kinds of legislative enactment. In 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that even this limited form of line-item veto enacted by a simple Congressional majority was unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court has now ruled the line item veto unconstitutional. The pro-spending lobby in Washington is uncorking bottles of champagne. ... One year's experience with the line item veto taught us all an important lesson: the line item veto works. In 1997 President Clinton used this new veto 82 times to delete...
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Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the issue of the line item veto. In order to comply with the Truth in Testimony laws, I will note for the record that neither I, nor the Cato Institute, receive any funds from the federal government.
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The president summoned key senators to the White House and later gave a speech promoting a line-item veto to fight earmarks, or spending requests that members of Congress slip into larger bills without going through the normal budget process.
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For the first time in the Nation’s history, a President has used the power of a line-item veto to cancel discrete parts of bills that he otherwise approves.
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To forestall the unfair taxation of the whole nation for the benefit of individual states and congressional districts, many have expressed a desire to give the President a line-item veto power.
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