Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...month, v. $224 now. The increase is four times as large as Nixon had proposed, and it will add more than $4 billion to the fiscal 1973 deficit. The President had to sign, though, because Congress tied the bill to an extension of the debt ceiling; a veto would have left the Government unable to write any checks...
...seeking louder voices in the editing and publishing processes, the 15 staffers of the Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-Eye (circ. 22,000) have received an unusual concession without a fight. Editor-Publisher John McCormally is not only soliciting their nominations before selecting a new managing editor but is offering them veto power over his final choice. "They'll be helping to select a boss," he says, "while I'll only be hiring a subordinate...
...Chilean Congress, which is dominated by the opposition Christian Democratic and National parties, passed a constitutional reform bill that would prohibit the President from nationalizing any more private firms without congressional approval. If it should become law, the ban would be retroactive to October 1971. Last week Allende angrily vetoed the bill. He further declared that if his veto were overridden, he would introduce a measure to dissolve the Congress, and if Congress refused to accept that, he would take the matter to the people in a plebiscite...
...property had been confiscated, parochial schools outlawed, churches and convents burned. After Franco consolidated his power, he put clergy in the pay of the state -a status they had lost under the Republic. The church readily agreed to restore to Franco an old privilege of Spanish monarchs-a virtual veto over the appointment of Spanish bishops...
...widespread, it could falter, as it apparently did last week in Iowa where Muskie won only 35.6% of the delegates elected in precinct caucuses while McGovern-who was expected to run poorly-won 23%. Also, big city blacks could turn to Hubert Humphrey in reaction against Muskie's veto of a black running mate. But at this point Muskie looks like the winner in the Midwest...