Transcript: Political Scholars Demystify Line-Item Veto Authority

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The Senate this week passed a bill granting the president line-item veto authority beginning in 1997. President Clinton says he will sign it into law. But the next president may find his authority unenhanced.

LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: This is All Things Considered. I'm Linda Wertheimer.

ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: And I'm Robert Siegel.

Congress passed legislation this week designed to give the executive branch new power over the nation's budget, fulfill a promise made in the Contract with America, and hand the president a fiscal tool Ronald Reagan called for a decade ago.

Fmr. Pres. RONALD REAGAN: [tape clip] Tonight, I asked you to give me what 43 ...

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