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...nearly 30 years had a Democratic Congress overridden a Democratic President's veto.* Still, that was exactly what happened to President Carter's $10 billion oil-import tax last week. The levy, which would have cost the U.S. motorist 10? per gal., was first rejected by huge margins in both houses. So when Carter carried out his threatened veto, the House did not even debate it. It immediately voted to override the President's veto by an embarrassing 335 to 34. From Republican Strategist Robert E. Bauman of Maryland came a victorious yell: "Yahoo!" Next...
Reagan did feud with the Democratic legislators. He vetoed 994 bills-and made his vetoes stick; only one was overridden. Yet on many other issues, he first fought for conservative principles and then, when faced with deadlock or defeat, agreed to compromise. Recalls Willie Brown, an influential Democratic assemblyman from San Francisco: "He showed a willingness to accept collective decisions without serious ego problems. He does not measure his self-worth by whether an idea...
There is a chance, however, that taxes may be held down. Gov. Edward J. King's 4-per-cent spending cap, adopted during Proposition 13 fever, can be overridden only if six members of the City Council vote...
...course, Silber's administration is not without its achievements. His organizational skills and reputation for academic brilliance initially gave B.U. a facelift and injected it with new credibility. But the authoritarian atmosphere at B.U. has overridden these gains and the tension and turmoil have at times made a shambles of the educational process. The extraordinary situation at B.U. can be repaired only under a new president. We urge the B.U. trustees to listen to the university's student body and faculty and dismiss John Silber...
...ever restless Governor, his shifts to the right did not seem to be paying off. Determined to honor his pledge to reduce spending, he vetoed two bills that would have given state employees a bigger pay increase than he favored. But both vetoes were overridden by a mutinous state legislature, which also overturned a third Brown veto. Until this rebellion, the legislature had overridden only three vetoes in 33 years. Another of Brown's favorite conservative causes is bogged down: the drive for a Constitutional Convention to approve an amendment to balance the federal budget...