Bush Seeks Line-Item Veto (to Control a Republican Congress, Apparently)

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Line-item veto may be revived
By Klaus Marre -- February 10, 2004
President Bush is seeking line-item veto power in an effort to curtail congressional spending and reduce the debt, and one senior White House adviser expressed confidence that the president can be given the authority without violating the Constitution.
Bush’s budget proposal would allow the president to “reject new appropriations, new mandatory spending, or limited grants of tax benefits (to 100 or fewer beneficiaries) whenever the president determines the spending or tax benefits are not essential government priorities.”
...An administration official said the line-item veto would be “an important tool to help keep spending under control.”

oh yeah, and some folks are looking to amend the Constitution on this, too. This is ostensibly to control the wild & wooly spending of a Congress controlled by the Preznit's own party.

Things get funner every day, don't they!

― Kingfish Funyun (Kingfish), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Most states grant their governors some form of line-item veto, and last year the Arizona Supreme Court decided not to rule on a case that challenged the governor’s line-item veto power.

How does that work? Did they just tell everyone involved in the case to go home?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

pretty much. by deciding not to hear a case, they let a lower court's ruling stand. I think.

but the folks are sent away with some lovely parting gifts!

― Kingfish Funyun (Kingfish), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Can someone send Bush a definition of the word "mandatory"?

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 10 February 2004 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

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