Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There have been weeks of leaks and contradictions, and after an orgy of weakness and vacillation, the wrong decision has finally been reached. Mr. Carter has been scared off the neutron weapon by the Russian propaganda barrage. It now seems that the Kremlin has virtually a right of veto on weapons that NATO is allowed to deploy...
Already an exception among modern and federal structures, the Canadian political system is highly decentralized and moving towards further decentralization. Quebec, for instance, already controls all matters relating to the crucial areas of language, education, and natural resource development, and the province effectively exercises a veto power over federal immigration policies. To be sure, Quebec still does not control certain critical jurisdictions like communications, but there are precedents, as in Germany, for the decentralized licensing of communications facilities within a federal system...
...year. Said Massachusetts Republican Silvio Conte: "We have heard from the farmers who have been camping in town. But we haven't heard from the consumers who don't have the luxury of taking three months off to lobby Congress." Besides, President Carter had promised to veto the bill as inflationary. Said Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas: "This is just a meaningless charade." The House voted down the bill, 268 to 150. One farmer filled the legislative chamber with a raucous "B-o-o-o." But most were silent...
...Pledged to hold the federal deficit for fiscal 1979 to the $61 billion he has budgeted ("as large as we can afford") and to veto any bills that threaten a deeper bath in red ink. He warned that bills now being seriously considered by congressional committees might push the deficit $9 billion to $13 billion above target...
...Government would take in order to set an example of anti-inflationary restraint for the rest of the nation. Some probable highlights of the talk: > A pledge to hold the federal budget for fiscal 1979 within the targeted $60 billion range. That would at least imply a threat to veto any spending bill that seems likely to push the deficit higher. Leading candidate for a Presidential turndown: a farm bill that would pay grain and cotton farmers subsidies on an escalating scale for keeping land out of production. The prices that Americans pay for food are likely to rise...