Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...passed in 1933 at the end of Prohibition, gives churches and schools the right to veto the issuing of liquor licenses to premises within 500 feet of their premises...
...Peter Conley, spokesman for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, said "the initial reaction to the veto was disapointment. The law has worked well in the past," he said, although he added that the case was not the most pressing one facing the archdiocese...
...wording of the resolution had been personally hammered out by Kirkpatrick and Iraqi Foreign Minister Saadoun Hammadi during three days of intense negotiations. Iraq had wanted to include a call for sanctions against Israel, but the U.S. made it clear that it would use its veto if they were mentioned. Instead, the approved resolution "strongly condemns" Israel for its raid on the reactor and urges it to pay damages to Iraq, which was "entitled to appropriate redress for the destruction it has suffered." There is nothing that could compel Israel to make such restitution, however, and Blum had already told...
...preference bill report in 1974 was a panegyric to the glories of forcing more oil imports into American ships. The inflationary impact from the higher rates was largely an untold story. Stockman unraveled it and alerted the Republicans. Though the bill passed, President Ford killed it with a pocket veto...
...long will we continue to submit the results of our electoral process to the veto of anyone with...