Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Opposition in Congress to the resumption of aid appears to be fairly strong. Representative Michael D. Barnes (D.-Md.), chairman of a House committee on inter-American affairs, said an "informal agreement" exists with the Administration that would permit Congress to exercise "what amounts to a veto" on any change in U.S. policy toward Guatemala...
...that happens, however, and Congress goes its own unfathomable way, no one can predict what the outcome will be. Quite possibly, the resulting budget would be unacceptable to Reagan, thereby producing a presidential veto. That could lead to a new period of confusion and stalemate, which, at the very least, would halt all progress toward economic recovery...
...reform, intended to undermine the veto power formerly held by committee chairmen, was to give subcommittees funding and staffing independent of their parent committees, especially in the House. In the Senate, 16 new Republicans were elected in 1980, and every one of them chairs at least one and more often two influential subcommittees. New York Republican Alfonse D'Amato, who is considered something of a legislative featherweight by congressional observers, chairs three subcommittees: Urban and Rural Development, Securities, and District of Columbia...
Even so, Trudeau was able to bring around only nine provincial leaders. Rene Levesque, the premier of predominantly French-speaking Quebec, rejected Trudeau's compromise because it eliminated Quebec's traditional veto, which it has used to guard control over such sensitive matters as culture and education...
Legislators on the committee were unwitting to predict whether the measure will pass the legislature. The legislature has confidently supported some form of death penalty legislation throughout the decade, it was thwarted once by a gubernatorial veto, and twice by the Supreme Judician Court. The legislature voted in 1980 by an overwhelming majority to support the constitutional amendment...