Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...influence on presidential decisions in all but foreign affairs ought to be the Domestic Affairs Council, headed by John Ehrlichman. But the Shultz franchise of supervising the cash enmeshes him in policy decisions. The Shultz shop is currently analyzing the model cities program, advising Nixon whether to veto the new education bill, even dealing with such specific problems as how to handle the Indians occupying Alcatraz...
...between the two Germanys. Ulbricht wants above all to legitimize his regime; once West Germany recognizes him, most Third World countries as well as Sweden, Norway, Denmark and, farther down the road, the U.S., might follow suit. This is what Ulbricht wants, and once he gets it, he might veto increased contacts with West Germany unless they have been guaranteed. Even more important, overhasty recognition would jeopardize the security and economic health of West Berlin, which Ulbricht insists is an independent political entity on East German soil, with no right to any formal ties with West Germany...
Will President Nixon have the courage to veto the trade act that reaches his desk? His record in fighting for free trade is not impressive. On the other hand, he must realize that a great leap backward to the protectionism of the early 1930s would be disastrous. Two former chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter Heller and Raymond Saulnier, last week warned that such regression would be highly inflationary. Competition from inexpensive imports is one of the few forces that have moderated U.S. prices...
...provisions for black voting rights. What worried him was the legality of Congress' giving 18-year-olds the vote, a goal that he strongly favors. "I believe," he said, "along with most of the nation's leading constitutional scholars, that it requires a constitutional amendment." A veto would have alienated another largely anti-Nixon group, the young, so Nixon asked Congress to press on with a constitutional amendment already pending-and directed Attorney General John Mitchell to start a court test of the section of the new law that deals with 18-year-olds' voting...
Nixon did choose to veto the extension of the Hill-Burton Act, which would have authorized $1.3 billion in federal grants, plus another $1.5 billion in guaranteed loans, for hospital construction over the next three fiscal years. As with his veto of a $19.7 billion education aid bill earlier this year, one reason was lack of federal funds. What Nixon wanted, but did not get from Congress, was a cutback to only $50 million in direct spending for hospital construction; he did not object to the loan provisions. The House quickly overrode Nixon's veto...