Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is no better example of our constitutional system of checks and balances than Mr. Ford's use of the veto to curb the Democratic Congress's headlong race toward socialism...
...Ford have the nerve to veto a bill that takes a firm stand against torture? Perhaps if we withheld aid sent to torturing countries, we could afford some of the lofty proposals of the Democrats. Jerry, you blew...
...more delightful episodes in the debate occurred a while back, when the Senate overrode Ford's veto of a bill to expand school breakfast and lunch programs. Maryland's wry Charles Mathias Jr., a bona fide liberal, took the floor to support the override and also sound a warning in the form of an ode to the old brown...
...Roman who in two previous tours has been one of Italy's more effective Premiers. In order to form a minority government in the face of increased Communist strength following the June elections, Andreotti agreed to a parliamentary coalition in which Communists will be able to wield considerable veto power while remaining outside the government. "Andreotti believes collaboration in Parliament with the Communists is an experiment," explained a none too eager colleague. "It's never worked anywhere else in the world...
Carter lauded the immigrants who had helped build the party, drawing a few smirks with his pronunciation of "Eye-talians," but he scored in attacking the Ford Administration. "We have been governed by veto too long," he said. "We have suffered enough at the hands of a tired and worn-out Administration without new ideas, without youth or vitality, without vision, and without the confidence of the American people." After "a time of torment," he argued, "it is now a time for healing. It is time for the people to run the Government and not the other way around." Next...