Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...affected by a minor shift. An exception was the 50-50 tie by which an attempt to block ABM was defeated. The only major fight he lost by a narrow vote was the nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court; the four appropriations bills Nixon vetoed had all been passed by overwhelming margins, and he was able to sustain the veto in two cases. The Democrats whom Nixon tried to defeat are now much less likely to work with him, and Republican moderates and liberals are incensed about the elimination of Goodell. "There're going...
Unlike the Hungarian economic reform, the Polish plan has a major weakness in that it does not move far enough toward a market economy and gives central planners in Warsaw veto rights over production quotas. Some Western observers believe that Warsaw conservatives will stifle the plan in fear that the economy is moving out of their grasp. But most Poles remain hopeful. Some even believe that the plan could have important political consequences. "Certainly you cannot have economic reforms without some political reforms," says Mieczyslaw Rakowski, 44, editor in chief of the authoritative weekly Polityka. Rakowski, a candidate member...
...many Legal Services supporters, the decentralization proposal is a new version of last year's attempt by the Senate to give Governors final veto power over local Legal Services programs. That plan was defeated in the House...
...some Republican grumbling, completed final action on the Political Broadcasting Act of 1970 and sent it to President Nixon. The legislation affects federal offices, governorships and lieutenant governorships. The vote-60 to 19, with all but one of the dissenters Republicans-was one-sided enough to discourage a presidential veto. But it came late enough in the political season to preclude any spending curb this year. The Republicans, far better financed than the Democrats, had stalled to prevent the bill's taking effect this year...
...much to gain and little to lose from funneling its funds through the bank. The bank's American executive director-each major contributing nation has one-holds an absolute veto over the use of U.S. funds in any proposed loan; negotiations are conducted on a businesslike basis and political pressures are minimized...