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Archive Home > 2006 > March > 30 > No line-item veto

No line-item veto


March 30, 2006

Your March 9 editorial recommends the president get line-item veto power. I disagree.

It would give presidents the opportunity for blackmail. Either you vote the way the president orders or he/she will veto your earmarks (pork barrel projects).

Even though Congress can overrule the veto, they....

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