Word: veto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...string of relatively easy victories this summer on the question of taxpayer-subsidized abortions. Not only do they have public opinion on their side, but they can also insert these provisions into major spending bills that are less likely to face either a filibuster in the Senate or a veto by President Clinton...
...year plan. "The proposal represents a break from the past," Carney says. "What has remained the same is his failure to follow through when he's made major proposals. He's made a big speech, and there's no follow-through in sight." Since Clinton can't veto the GOP budget agreement, Carney adds, the battle now moves to the congressional appropriations committees that craft the actual spending bills...
...meeting with Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Senate Budget Chairman Pete Domenici andHouse Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich."You're going to love it," Gingrich said. "You get more take home pay." President Clinton, who favorsa 10-year balanced budget with fewer cuts in social services,has his veto pen ready...
CLINTON'S FIRST VETO...
President Clinton actually carried out his threat and cast his first veto, against a spending-cuts measure that would have stripped $16.4 billion from current expenditures. "I cannot in good conscience sign a bill that cuts education to save pet congressional projects," said the President. The Republican-sponsored legislation would have trimmed a host of social programs in the current budget while continuing to funnel funds for certain road and courthouse projects. Lacking the votes for an override, G.O.P. leaders said they would try to craft a compromise bill with the President...