It allows the President, within five days of signing a bill into law, to reject particular spending items or tax breaks.

It can also add new spending items, but subject to the governor's line-item veto.

And the President still hopes to win the authority to veto individual spending items in money bills without having to veto the whole bill.

We have gone after runaway spending items that were increasing well beyond the taxpayers' ability to pay.

One reason is, you know the third-biggest spending item in our budget is interest on the national debt.

The appropriations bills contain all the spending items and some related text.

The case was settled two years ago, and house owners may now ask for arbitration if they disapprove of a spending item.

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But after legislators give final approval to the budget, the Governor can reduce or eliminate specific spending items.