Word: veto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lifting of the arms embargo on Bosnia. On an overwhelming vote of 298-128, the House agreed, brushing aside fears that such a move could Americanize the war or lead to a preemptive slaughter of Bosnia's Muslims. The margin is enough to override President Clinton's promised veto, and comes just days after the Senate approved a similar measure. Although support for the resolution was high,TIME World Editor James Collinssays the vote was chiefly an expression of dissatisfaction with President Clinton's Bosnia policy, and may not be veto-proof. "If it comes right down...
While President Bill Clinton has made no threat to veto the legislation, the Administration has misgivings about it. "This bill does a lot to the consumer but not much for the consumer," says Greg Simon, the chief domestic-policy adviser to Vice President Al Gore. Simon argues that allowing media moguls such unrestricted privileges would create "the Pottersville effect," after the dream sequence in It's a Wonderful Life. "Jimmy Stewart comes back, and Potter owns the whole town," Simon says. "That's what we're talking about here...
...Weld's Veto...
Supporters of the education exemption reacted to the Governor's comments with anger, saying he was engaging in hyperbole and suggesting that Weld was interested more in relieving the welfare caseload than in helping aid recipients. The House responded by overriding Weld's veto...
...support for the Bosnian arms embargo, President Clinton declared the U.N. move "the last chance" for the international peacekeeping mission in Bosnia: "You can't go about the world saying you're going to do something and then not do it." If the House follows the Senate with a veto-proof lifting of the ban, Clinton fears the ensuing warfare will trigger a massive U.N. withdrawal requiring escort by 25,000 U.S. troops. TIME's Dean Fischer reports that NATO officials are moving to expand their mandate to attack Serbs if they threaten any remaining safe haven. Clinton, asked today...