Line-Item Veto May Alter The Way Bills Are Crafted

From: The Washington Post | Date: August 12, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

In wielding his line-item veto pen for the first time yesterday, President Clinton said he meant to "send a signal that the Washington rules have changed for good."

Apparently, the signal lost something in transmission.

Even as Clinton scratched three narrow proposals from balanced budget and tax legislation he signed last week, interest groups -- along with the lawmakers and lobbyists who represent them -- were hatching legislative and political strategies to protect such future provisions from a similar fate. Tax proposals in particular offer many opportunities to circumvent the ...

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