Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan opened the 39th news conference of his presidency by uttering a "rock solid" pledge to veto any attempt in Congress to raise income tax rates. And he called on the House and Senate to adhere to the requirements in Gramm-Rudman legislation to make new spending cuts...
...proposed new body would have a veto power over the rights of students brought before it. While an accused student could, under the proposal, decide whether the Ad Board or the new body should hear his case, the majority of the student-faculty body could override the student's request. Similarly, a student could call for an open meeting but have his request denied by a majority of the committee...
There the vote likely will be on an up-or-down disapproval resolution. While Democrats control the Senate and may be able to pass the measure by a simple majority, vote counters admit they cannot rally the two-thirds majority needed to override a certain Reagan veto...
...There is no way we can override the president's veto of a disapproval resolution," Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, D-W. Va., said last week. "The $105 million down the road is another question...
...There certainly are not enough votes to override a presidential veto," Dodd said. "I wouldn't make the stand on that issue...