Why would it be ruled unconstitutional? Because it allowed the president to override items in a budget that was submitted by another branch of government? I guess I answered my own question, but on the whole something like that really is needed. An average budget/bill has literally hundreds of riders attached to it that usually have nothing to do with the base bill. Why was the system every set up to allow such riders?
> The line item veto existed from 1996 until ruled unconstitutional in > 1998. Clinton used it 82 times during this period. Bush requested in > his 2006 state of the union address that congress grant him the line > item veto, but so far no action has been taken by congress to comply > with his wishes. > > I'm not a fan of Bush, but I am fan of keeping the record straight. > > On 4/30/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Name a single time he's even asked Congress to consider it. Name a >> single time he's ever brought it up as an initiative. Even if we >> assume that you're right, he wants it, then that means that >> Republicans, as a party, don't. Since if they did it'd be law. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205900 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
