Word: veto
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...reform bill that would end 60-years of federal guarantees of welfare for people who meet certain criteria, and replace it with block grants to states so they could tailor their own programs. But the Republican-led victory is sure to be shortlived, because President Clinton said he will veto the legislation if it reaches the Oval Office. "I am disappointed that Republicans are trying to use the words 'welfare reform' as cover to advance a budget plan that is at odds with America's values," Clinton said. The bill includes provisions that scale back food stamp benefits and reduce...
That vote may yet come to naught. President Clinton has already threatened to veto the bill for other reasons. The American Civil Liberties Union has promised to mount vigorous challenges should the bill become law, and many experts believe the Supreme Court would find such a law unconstitutional. The Congressmen who took a public stand against online indecency may have known that it would not survive a court test. But they had a chance last week to show that they understood how to apply civil rights to new media, and they failed...
Wielding the same pen Lyndon Johnson used to sign both Medicare and Medicaid into law, President Clinton formally scrawled his veto signature over the Republican balanced-budget plan. To replace what he called the G.O.P.'s "extreme" and "wrongheaded" blueprint, which would remake the Federal Government in a more conservative image, the President presented Congress with his own balanced budget--his third of the year. Clinton offered to trim Social Security raises; to cut a bit more out of some domestic programs, including welfare; and to hold the line against deep slashes in education, environmental protection, health care and taxes...
...particularly gruesome type of late-term abortion. The vote marked the first time since the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that both houses of Congress have voted to recriminalize an abortion procedure. Differences must still be worked out between the two chambers, but the President has threatened a veto...
...future destruction of Harvard's architectural heritage--the University should consider establishing an architectural review committee with members drawn from the University as well as the Cambridge community. Such a committee should be given similar powers as the city's own Historical Commission to review--and even to veto--proposed alteration or demolition of Harvard buildings. Michael Kenney '57 Cambridge...