Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Japanese were worried that the decision, coupled with the withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea, might lead to Soviet mischief. Said Masatake Okumiya, a former air chief of Japan's Self Defense Forces: "The issue has assumed a great psychological meaning, with the result that the veto might be taken by the Russians as a sign of weakness." A senior West German general agreed. "What the West needs is the most sophisticated set of arms possible," said he. "We've already lost numerical superiority tin several categories of weapons] to the Soviets...
Adams' ruling also faces attack in Congress, which in 1974 gave itself the right to veto any such decisions by the Transportation Department within 60 days. The Secretary had barely made his announcement when Bud Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican, introduced a resolution in the House to overturn the decision. He cited, among other things, the bags' cost. Detroit automen have estimated that a reliable bag system would add $200 to $300 to the price of a car; the Government's figure is about half that. Indications are, however, that Congress will go along with the ruling...
...Johnson have considered their papers as personal property, and so Nixon's lawyers negotiated a deal with Arthur F. Sampson, a Nixon appointee still heading the General Services Administration. The Government was to ship Nixon's "presidential materials" to a warehouse near San Clemente, and Nixon could veto anyone's access to them. After ten years or Nixon's death, the GSA would destroy the tapes. Congress thereupon passed a bill authorizing seizure of the Nixon papers and making them available for any court proceeding and-eventually-to the public. Nixon sued...
...harvests are in a mood of wintry discontent. Prices for some of their most important crops are sliding, and their incomes are falling. Now farmers want Government help in the form of higher subsidies, especially for wheat and corn-to the embarrassment of President Carter, who has threatened to veto any farm bill so generous as to imperil his goal of balancing the budget...
Open Confrontation. Peanut Farmer Carter has proposed raising the targets in 1978 to $2.90 for wheat and $2 for corn (v. $ 1.70 now). He calculates the cost to taxpayers at $2 billion a year, and has theatened to veto any farm measure that raises the tag. But the Senate has passed a bill that would cost almost twice as much; the House is preparing to vote on a measure priced at $2.3 billion. Both want to raise target prices this year. The differing versions will have to be reconciled in a joint conference, and the final bill is not expected...