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Bush Puts Line-Item Veto 'Front and Center'

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Posted by .com 2004-11-14 09:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

Opponents, led by Senator ~~Pork~~ Robert Byrd (D-WV)

If he's against it, that's the best reason I can think of to be for it.

Seriously, this will probably require a Constitutional amendment. Good luck getting it passed.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-14 12:04:13 PM|| 2004-11-14 12:04:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 This isn't worth the effort they're putting into it. Key quotes:

President Clinton used the power 82 times that year to strike specific wasteful pork projects in larger spending bills, saving taxpayers nearly $2 billion.

With the federal deficit currently at a record high, Congress should approve the Presidentâs plan. This would undoubtedly go a long way toward reversing the dangerous government spending spree that has largely contributed to a whopping $422 billion deficit for 2004.

Simply put, even if they manage to pass a line-item veto there won't be sufficient opportunities to exercise it to really put a dent in the deficits.

Posted by AzCat 2004-11-14 3:47:21 PM|| 2004-11-14 3:47:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 no, but the ability to punish vindictive Dems and RINO's who get off the reservation is too delicious

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-14 3:49:51 PM|| 2004-11-14 3:49:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 (1) Balanced Budget ammendment
(2) Line item veto
(3) Manditory twilight/review clause in every law
(4) Review (and rewrite, cancellation, or renewal) of old laws

4 simple points to a better functioning government.

Posted by RJ Schwarz 2004-11-14 6:15:15 PM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-11-14 6:15:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Good list RJ - Let's add a completely flat, deduction-free income tax or (preferably) a retail consumption tax to replace our current tax morass. And while we're at it I think it's hight time we developed a regulatory budget to track, catalog & control the damage our government is doing to our economy.

Posted by AzCat 2004-11-14 6:29:09 PM|| 2004-11-14 6:29:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 This would prolly mean that they wouldn't have gotten that Liberace Museum up in one of the Dakotas (don't remember which) which received, IIRC, $4M tax dollars during the Clintoon Era. I don't remember the exact reason why we needed to pay for it, either, but I'm sure it would wrench your heart right outta your chest. Camelot II. What a time it was.

Posted by .com 2004-11-14 6:34:00 PM|| 2004-11-14 6:34:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I remember the first year Clinton used the line-item veto; he basically used it to kill 100 million dollars or so worth of funding, a great deal of it having to do with _real_ reusable spacecraft work at DARPA.

He managed to find the one federal program I thought at the time was worth anything, and cancel it.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-11-14 7:30:32 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-11-14 7:30:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 No matter how you slice it, it's still unconstitutional.

Posted by someone 2004-11-14 7:58:50 PM|| 2004-11-14 7:58:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Well hell. I guess that means we'll just have to kill Congress. Sigh. Oh, okay.

Posted by .com 2004-11-14 8:03:28 PM|| 2004-11-14 8:03:28 PM|| Front Page Top

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