Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Trade is very important, and fear of protectionism was one thing that had equity markets unsettled. The Administration is totally committed to free trade, and the President has said he will veto protectionist trade bills now on the Hill...
...bench, Kennedy is best known for his decision, later upheld by the Supreme Court, that the legislative veto is unconstitutional. He also overturned a controversial lower-court ruling finding that female workers in Washington state were entitled to be paid based on the "comparable worth" of their positions...
...Jersey in the near future, according to officials at the Department of Hazardous and Solid Waste. The city exports all of its waste to landfills in eastern Massachusetts. Beacon Hill sends its trash to New Hampshire. Ten years ago, 400 landfills took garbage in Massachusetts. Since municipalities can veto new landfills, only one has opened in recent years. Today, only 190 landfills are in operation in the state and waste officials estimate that by 1990, three-quarters of these will close...
...fact, the Senate resolution is unlikely to do that, since it is attached to a defense-appropriations bill President Reagan has promised to veto because it places restrictions on his Strategic Defense Initiative. The bill, nonetheless, serves as a message to Ayatullah Khomeini: the U.S. is no longer willing to conduct business as usual. Ironically, there had been few restrictions on trade with Iran since the resolution of the 1979-81 hostage crisis, largely because of the Reagan Administration's feeling that such embargoes are not effective...
When the U.S. Congress voted to impose economic sanctions on South Africa last October, overriding President Reagan's veto in the process, legislators in effect wrote two lists. One enumerated U.S. policy goals for South Africa, including the freeing of political prisoners, repeal of key laws enforcing racial apartheid, and entering into negotiation with legitimate representatives of the country's black majority. The other spelled out areas of trade and finance that would no longer be permitted until those goals were attained, including new U.S. investments in South Africa and the importation of that country's agricultural products, coal, iron...