Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unlike such antipoliticians as Jimmy Carter, Babbitt learned and relished the levers of power, including the veto, the initiative, patronage and press leaks. Republicans controlled the Arizona legislature, but it was not veto proof, and Babbitt would threaten to sink the pet bills of legislators if they didn't accept his program. He made good on such threats a record 114 times...
Unlike the hapless Ginsburg, Kennedy offers an extensive record for the Senators to study; as an appellate judge he participated in 1,400 decisions and personally wrote more than 400 opinions. At least two have made legal history. In 1980 he ruled against the so-called legislative veto, a once common practice under which Congress would grant certain authority to the Executive Branch but reserve to itself the right to disapprove particular actions exercising that authority. Kennedy declared that the practice violated the constitutional separation of powers. In a 1983 dissent, Kennedy argued that a court should admit evidence gathered...
Even so, some items seemed agreeable to both parties. Neither side wanted to raise revenues by increasing rates on income taxes, which the President would almost certainly veto. "They say the first things the man downtown will ask are 'What kind of taxes are there?' and 'How much are they?' " acknowledged Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon. Thus any new taxes will include the closing of loopholes, the imposition of larger fees for Government services, and similarly innocuous revenue raisers. For example, under the Democratic proposal, the income tax deduction for interest on home- equity loans would be limited...
Reagan had threatened to veto an earlier version, passed by the House last May, which would have cut defense spending more drastically and imposed harsher arms control restrictions. The administration feared that the bill would hamper the United States in arms negotiations with the Soviet Union...
Dole said that in order to reduce the deficit, he would demand both a line-item veto and a balanced-budget amendment to the constitution. Dole said that as president he would call for a Constitutional Convention if the balanced-budget measure failed to win Congressional approval...