The American League has no veto provision.

Legislative vetoes continued to be enacted after Chadha, although the various presidents have issued executive signing statements disclaiming the unconstitutional legislative veto provisions.

The legislative veto peaked between 1970 and 1975 as Congress reacted to Richard Nixon's imperial Presidency by putting 89 veto provisions in the lawbooks.

The Supreme Court affirmed that judgment in 1983, but on grounds broad enough to nullify more than 200 veto provisions on the books.

The American League doesn't have a veto provision.

It held that Congress would not have authorized Presidential deferrals of spending if it had known that they would not be subject to the legislative veto provision.

For instance, a future spending bill could simply state that the line-item veto provisions would not apply to that particular bill.

Mr. Kalikow conceded that the authority agreed to the veto provision grudgingly, and only so that Albany would approve the rest of the capital plan.

The legislative veto provision found in federal legislation took several forms.

The proliferation of legislative veto provisions in legislation raised a series of constitutional questions.