Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sanctions the U.S. would request. But aides said they will probably include a partial trade embargo, exempting Iranian imports of food and Pharmaceuticals and exports of oil. Carter had no advance word from Moscow, aides said, whether the Soviets would go along with sanctions or block them with a veto...
...post, the Faqih "will assume all the duties and responsibilites of the country." He is the supreme commander, approves the choice of President and appoints all judges. He also names the twelve-member "guardian council" of six clerics expert in Islamic law and six Islamic lay lawyers, which has veto power over all legislation. Warns the constitution: "The clergy will safeguard against any deviations by various government organizations from their true Islamic functions and obligations...
Pills for his cabinets and bills to veto...
Congress, though, is determined to yank some of the FTC's teeth. The House Commerce Committee voted to give Congress a veto power over all commission regulations. This would be the first time that any federal regulator had been so controlled. By a lopsided 223 to 147 vote, the House two weeks ago recommended canceling commission plans to force undertakers to disclose their prices fully and in advance. Representative Bill Frenzel of Minnesota suggested that every FTC staff member and all five commissioners "should spend 20 years at hard labor filling in their own asinine forms." The Senate Commerce...
KENNEDY HAS LED opposition to oil price decontrol. When Carter decided on decontrol, Kennedy criticized him for failing to make his decision conditional on a strong profits tax. Recently, he has said that Carter should veto a weak tax and reimpose controls. He has taken these positions on the grounds that decontrol is not needed to spur new exploration, and that there are more equitable and efficient ways to encourage conservation...