Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thus it is doubtful that a House-Senate conference committee would sustain the Senate position supporting deregulation. What is more, Jimmy Carter has vowed to veto such a bill, and neither chamber would have the votes to override him. Nonetheless, the upshot of the Senate vote is likely to be that while controls will remain, there will be compromises that will send the price of natural gas substantially higher than Carter had wanted-perhaps as high as $2.25 per m.c.f. when a bill is finally passed...
Governor Brown reports that while institutions in his state generally favored keeping compulsory retirement, individuals opposed it. One company sent literature that urged him to veto the legislation eliminating mandatory retirement; attached to the pamphlets was a note from the company's lobbyist saying that he personally supported the measure...
Some experts believe that if the Communists fail to get their revised version of the common program as well as the right to veto any Socialist policy in a leftist government, they will sabotage the election effort. Mitterrand's dilemma last week was acute. If the quarrel is not resolved, the defection of only 2% or 3% of the Socialist vote could prevent the left from getting the 54% it needs to win a majority in the National Assembly. On the other hand, if Mitterrand yields to Communist demands for widespread nationalization, the Socialists could lose the support...
...clubs will make final membership decisions in six weeks. Members vote on each candidate, and one negative vote is generally enough to veto the election of any individual...
...students seem prepared to begin flexing their muscles. Several of CHUL's student members said last week they plan this year to try to gain more control over the College budget. Many of them view the budget as a sieve through which all new proposals must pass, a possible veto point for all actions students may propose...