Word: veto
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Sixteen was the magic number for Gov. William F. Weld '66 two years ago when he managed to get two more than the required 14 senate votes to carry a veto. President Bush's large coattails brought in eight new GOP senators and gave Weld the power to veto, a necessary policy tool for a Republican governor in a Democratic State House...
...would possibly also suggest that abortion is not a political issue. But as Sen. Al Gore '69 pointed out in the vice presidential debates, the agenda of the Bush-Quayle administration is to stack the Supreme Court with conservative abortion foes and to veto legislation providing women with counseling about their choices...
...Bill Clinton did mention (a number of times) President Bush's veto of the Family Leave Act, but all three candidates had pathetic answers for the questions posed about women and minorities working closest to them. All three should be able to name without faltering the women and minorities in their inner circles...
...individual retirement accounts and a repeal of the luxury taxes on expensive boats, furs and jewelry. Even though the measure incorporated a number of elements of his own economic program, George Bush, mindful of the promise he made last summer not to raise taxes "ever, ever," vowed to veto the legislation because it included some tax increases...
...single assertion of independence by these lawmakers occurred at the end of the session, when they managed the first and only override of a presidential veto, out of 35 during Bush's term. The 74-25 vote in the Senate and a 308-114 vote in the House came on a bill to reregulate the cable television industry...