Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nevertheless, Wehner has just been re-elected floor leader by his colleagues in the Bundestag. However, it is the continuing opposition of Brandt's coalition partners, the Free Democrats, that is largely responsible for his failure to move forward with promised social reforms. The Free Democrats, who hold veto power over all legislation, are locked in an ideological debate with Brandt over how far to go in giving West German labor unions real power in the economy. The result: a spreading public impression of government impotence. In a public opinion poll released last week, the S.P.D. registered...
...bill giving the courts authority to enforce the committee's subpoenas. To head off more controversy, Nixon grudgingly let the bill become law. Explained a White House aide: "Politically, he had to do it. He truly thought that it was a bad bill, but he knew a veto would be misunderstood." Within a day, the committee subpoenaed tapes of 486 White House meetings and several hundred supporting documents concerning the Watergate breakin, contributions to Nixon's re-election drive, and campaign dirty tricks...
...were being well treated. The Israelis were reassured by Kissinger that the U.S. will not force them to relinquish captured territory. Kissinger did, however, get across the message that it would be helpful if they were willing to negotiate the point. Israel also understood that it has veto power over any other delegations to be seated at the conference table. Thus the Israelis can oppose recognition of a separate Palestinian delegation led by Fedayeen Leader Yasser Arafat, unless it is part of the Jordanian contingent. The Israelis object to Arafat because they accuse him of guiding terrorists like those...
...blinding speed, the House passed the energy emergency bill, disposing of scores of amendments in three days of debate. The bill still faces a prickly conference to reconcile Senate and House versions (the Senate would permit the Administration to order rationing and other conservation steps subject to a congressional veto within 15 days; the House would place far more stringent constraints on the White House). It should become law very quickly. The Senate gave industry some new mandates; it passed a bill that would force manufacturers within 15 months to paste "energy efficiency" labels on all major household appliances. Longer...
...Veto. The bill is endorsed by organized labor, many shippers who use the railroads, and most railroad executives. Transportation Secretary Claude S. Brinegar has denounced it as "damned expensive." He would like to see tighter limits put on employee compensation and federal support for the creditors. But even though his skepticism is shared by the President, Brinegar predicts that there will be no White House veto...