Word: veto
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...Line Item Veto...
...overwhelming vote of 294 to 134, the House approved a measure giving the President the power to exercise a line item veto over spending bills and some tax measures. Democrats warned, to no effect, that the legislation gives too much power to the President, and might even be unconstitutional. The bill now goes to the Senate, where approval is less certain...
...American foreign policy. By a vote of 241-181, the House passed a measure that would restrict the president''s authority to place U.S. troops under foreign command, would cut United Nations funding and would speed expansion of NATO membership to include Eastern European countries. Clinton is expected to veto that measure. He has maintained that it would erode the president''s authority as commander in chief. TIME White House correspondent James Carney says some Republicans may cross the aisle again to fight GOP-backed spending increases they see as excessive, while they will maintain party loyalty on other issues...
Voting 238 to 192, the House passed a crime bill tonight that could derail President Clinton's plan to hire more police nationwide. The president has said that he would veto such a bill. The sixth and final segment of the GOP's anti-crime package replaces crime prevention programs and funds tied to localities increasing their police force -- two key components of the 1994 anti-crime law -- with a flexible block grant. But the measure faces an uphill fight in the Senate. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said that the Senate would have to come up with a single...
...promise to give states more power. The crime bills, fourth and fifth in a six-part package, also would ban televisions from federal prison cells. Next item on the GOP list: letting states fund recreation programs with grants originally slated for hiring police. Clinton suggested he may veto that because he is committed to putting 100,000 more cops on the streets...