fine? You want Bush or someone like him to have the power do override Congress without due process? To 'Decide" that they do not have equal powers of government? To edit their decisions? He already has veto power....this would give him selective approval of work coming through Congress.
Why not just make him King George? On 6/22/06, uncoolrabbit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Clinton attempted to do the same. This can also be viewed as an > attempt to reign in the legislatures inapropriate bill atatchments > in a way that can stay qwiet and not cause flack for delaying > important legislature with a complete veto. > > Bush is on the way out, if this were to not come into effect untill > the next potus takes office what could you say of it then? "Pappy I > want the next random guy, probly a democrat due to my stupid iraq > war to be dictator over me."? > > As long as he cant rewrite a line, its fine. > > > --- In [email protected] <Libertarian%40yahoogroups.com>, "John > Stroebel" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Well now, it seems Bush jr wants to grab a little more power. Rove > and > > Cheney got him the Supreme Court, a slim majority in both houses > (until > > Nov at least), he has his fun with 'signing statements'...now he > wants > > authority for line item veto on funding approved by Congress. The > reason > > be believes this is a good idea: 'One pinhead is better than all of > > Congress.' > > > > 'Pappy, I wanna be appointed DICTATOR next!" jr tells Bush sr..."I > wanna > > be the BIG Decider!" Well OK georgie honey, time you string all > those > > vacations together into one BIG vacation! Hows about you just > > concentrate on clearing shrub, drinking heavily and doing > Condi....until > > the Federal Marshals come by to take you on that long Federal > > vacation??? Hmmm??? > > > > Folks, vote in November...and take 10 friends with ya. > > > > White House steps up effort to gain line-item veto > > House expected to vote on bill today; Dem leaders mostly opposed > to plan > > > > > > By JULIE MASON > > Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau > > > > WASHINGTON - The White House on Wednesday intensified a last-minute > > campaign to win line-item veto authority from Congress, but a top > > administration official conceded that the outcome was far from > certain. > > > > The House today is expected to vote on a bill that would allow the > > president to red-line specific expenditures in appropriation bills. > > > > "It's not going to be easy to get this to the president's desk," > said > > Rob Portman, director of the Office of Management and > Budget. "This is a > > major change." > > > > Portman, a former Republican congressman from Ohio, has been > pushing the > > issue on Capitol Hill, and on Wednesday met with reporters from 13 > > regional newspapers, hoping to drum up more support for the plan. > > > > "This is not about President Bush, this is something that's for the > > presidency," Portman said. "Forty-three governors have something > quite > > similar to this, so it's not untested." > > > > Congress in 1996 gave President Clinton line-item veto power, but > two > > years later the courts struck it down as unconstitutional, in part > > because it gave too much power to the executive branch. > > > > In its new incarnation, the president's line-item veto could be > reversed > > by a simple majority in both House and Senate. The old line-item > veto > > required a two-thirds margin of both House and Senate to override > the > > president. > > > > The Democratic leadership in the House is mostly opposed to the > plan, > > along with some Republican appropriators. > > > > Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston, said he supported line-item authority > in the > > 1990s but worries that Bush already is grabbing too much power from > > Congress. > > > > "I really don't feel comfortable having a stronger executive > branch in > > our country," Green said. "I would rather look at it again, > sometime, > > when we don't have an executive taking a lot of power unto > themselves." > > > > In a worst-case scenario, a president could use the line-item veto > > threat as a wedge to punish or blackmail lawmakers, said Rep. Al > Green, > > D-Houston. > > > > "I am opposed to it," Green said. "I think it could become terribly > > politicized in the long run." > > > > But Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, called line-item veto > authority > > "a great idea." > > > > "They ought to call it the 'public embarrassment for obscene pork > bill,' > > and hopefully it will be a deterrent for some of these ridiculous > > earmarks," Brady said. > > > > Spiraling federal spending is a potent election-year issue, and the > > Republican-led Congress feels pressure to appear fiscally > responsible. A > > wave of lobbying scandals and renewed focus on thousands of > earmarks, > > which are expenditures added to spending bills by individual > lawmakers, > > have prompted criticism of congressional extravagance. > > > > Stephen Hess, a communications professor and government scholar at > > George Washington University, said that neither earmarks nor line- > item > > vetoes make a significant dent in the massive federal budget. > > > > "It's just around the edges," Hess said. "Clearly line-item is > aimed at > > keeping the budget down, but when you look at the expenditures it > can > > keep down, given the size of the budget, you realize that although > it > > shouldn't sound like petty change, it really is." > > > > Clinton used his line-item veto 82 times in two years, and cut > about $1 > > billion in federal spending. The current federal budget is about > $2.7 > > trillion, and the national debt is $8.4 trillion. > > > > The Senate Budget Committee recently approved a similar measure, > as well > > as other budget reforms, but it was unclear when the full Senate > might > > consider it. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > -- ***************************************** "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately!" ...Ben Franklin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! 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