item veto

Even with the line item veto, Congress remains the lead player in the budget process.

Yet that is precisely what the line item veto would allow.

The issue in the line item veto case is no abstract disagreement.

In at least one case, the line item veto seems to have backfired.

"This is not what the line item veto was intended for.

"I would not be surprised if there is a successful court challenge to the line item veto," he said.

I would like to see the president have a line item veto again when it passed constitutional muster.

This was, in effect, a line item veto of funds for programs that were initiated or increased by the Congress.

The line item veto was finally approved in 1916.

When is a line item veto not really a veto?

The Governor has line item veto power over appropriations.

Grant, wary of powerful congressional leaders, was the first President to ask for a line item veto.

This single vote is more important than the votes on the balanced budget amendment and the line item veto.

President Clinton's use of the line item veto this week was a timid act of great importance.

Some lawmakers had argued that a line item veto could be enacted only by constitutional amendment.

Many of the member items vetoed were beneficial.

In forty-three states, governors have line item veto power.

They said they were simply being consistent with their longstanding advocacy of the item veto.

We say, for example, in our House Republican contract that we want a line item veto.

President Clinton's use of the line item veto will provide an important test case for the Supreme Court.

In his view, "the Court's decision sent a clear message of finality for any future use of the line item veto."

A line item veto for the president.

She appoints all judges and she possesses the line item veto.

The President has now used the line item veto six times to reduce Federal spending by $2 billion.

In response, some have called for a line item veto to strengthen the rescission power and force Congress to vote on the disputed funds.