Line-Item Veto Bill Renewed; Feingold-Ryan Measure Would Let President Jettison Some Spending, with Congress' Ok
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › April 24, 2007
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Offering a bipartisan critique of a system that encourages bills to be filled with pork, Sen. Russ Feingold and Rep. Paul Ryan unveiled a line-item veto proposal Monday.
The measure would allow the president to strike spending items attached to broader bills, but would send those items back to Congress before any of the vetoes would stand.See the full content of this document
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Line-Item Veto Bill Renewed; Feingold-Ryan Measure Would Let President Jettison Some Spending, with Congress' Ok
That would force Congress to act separately on the earmarks, which spend money on pet projects of local interest.
The proposal is also aimed at avoiding th...See the full content of this document
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