Line-Item Veto
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:06 am
I think the line-item veto issue is a farce, a scam, a distraction, ..... stupid.
If any politician was serious about stopping secret pork projects, they would require separate bills for each law. That way, the Pres could veto the bad bits (or at least a pres, since Bush doesn't know how to veto).
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House to Vote on Presidential Line-Item Veto Power
Houston Chronicle
Julie Mason
June 22, 2006
Jun. 22--WASHINGTON -- The White House on Wednesday intensified a last-minute campaign to win line-item veto authority from Congress, but a top administration official conceded that the outcome was far from certain.
The House today is expected to vote on a bill that would allow the president to red-line specific expenditures in appropriation bills.
"It's not going to be easy to get this to the president's desk," said Rob Portman, director of the Office of Management and Budget. "This is a major change."
Portman, a former Republican congressman from Ohio, has been pushing the issue on Capitol Hill, and on Wednesday met with reporters from 13 regional newspapers, hoping to drum up more support for the plan.
"This is not about President Bush, this is something that's for the presidency," Portman said. "Forty-three governors have something quite similar to this, so it's not untested."
Congress in 1996 gave President Clinton line-item veto power, but two years later the courts struck it down as unconstitutional, in part because it gave too much power to the executive branch.
Complete story
If any politician was serious about stopping secret pork projects, they would require separate bills for each law. That way, the Pres could veto the bad bits (or at least a pres, since Bush doesn't know how to veto).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
House to Vote on Presidential Line-Item Veto Power
Houston Chronicle
Julie Mason
June 22, 2006
Jun. 22--WASHINGTON -- The White House on Wednesday intensified a last-minute campaign to win line-item veto authority from Congress, but a top administration official conceded that the outcome was far from certain.
The House today is expected to vote on a bill that would allow the president to red-line specific expenditures in appropriation bills.
"It's not going to be easy to get this to the president's desk," said Rob Portman, director of the Office of Management and Budget. "This is a major change."
Portman, a former Republican congressman from Ohio, has been pushing the issue on Capitol Hill, and on Wednesday met with reporters from 13 regional newspapers, hoping to drum up more support for the plan.
"This is not about President Bush, this is something that's for the presidency," Portman said. "Forty-three governors have something quite similar to this, so it's not untested."
Congress in 1996 gave President Clinton line-item veto power, but two years later the courts struck it down as unconstitutional, in part because it gave too much power to the executive branch.
Complete story
