LINE-ITEM VETO REALITIES LESSONS FROM VIRGINIA.(FRONT)(Editorial)

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: April 3, 1996 | Copyright information

The line-item veto being handed the president by the Congress is part of the Republican Revolution, but it's far from certain that its impact will be revolutionary.

The idea is that presidents should have the authority to kill parts of a budget bill - or line items - without having to veto the whole thing. This makes sense because, as the Republicans argue, Congress has been demonstrably unable to keep its fiscal house in order, and presidents have been hamstrung from doing much about it.

But both the fine print in the law headed for President Clinton's desk and ...

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