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Transcript: Political Scholars Demystify Line-Item Veto Authority
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- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- March 29, 1996
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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 ...