Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bill to construct more public housing and subsidize mortgages, and a proposal to plump up public repair and maintenance jobs. But given the President's determination to steer clear of conventional remedies for unemployment, even O'Neill's aides refer to the bills as "veto bait...
...remains unclear how Harvard would attempt to quash the council's effort. But Epps said that the University could veto any withdrawal of government funds, since all council transactions currently go through Harvard...
...sure, with a remote possibility of picking up an eighth in Illinois (see following story). Of the five incumbents who lost, only one was a Democrat: New Hampshire's Hugh Gallen, beaten because he refused to take the state's ritual pledge for gubernatorial candidates to veto any income or sales...
...Hampshire, was in the odd position of having to run against himself in the race for the statehouse. The political reversal began during the primary, when two of the nine candidates refused to take "the pledge," a campaign promise customarily made by New Hampshire gubernatorial candidates to veto sales or broad-based income taxes. Determined to protect the state's tradition, Republican Thomson came out of political retirement and filed as an independent. But the Republican nominee turned out to be John Sununu, a conservative ally. Fearing his candidacy could drain enough votes from Sununu to re-elect Democratic...
...main issue in the conflict is management's demand for more control over airline operations. As things now stand, the eight employee unions have the power to veto most policy decisions. Airline officials would like, for example, to be able to lay off workers without union approval. Having lost $202 million since 1978, management argues that 1,000 of El Al's 5,000 employees must be dismissed for the carrier to be profitable...