Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Richardson stepped in to clarify the point by asking Kariotis whether, if elected, he would veto a legislative bill barring the state from doing business with insurance companies that give refunds to their clients for abortions...
...week's end, with more perilous matters facing the country, Peres and Shamir agreed that Moda'i would rejoin the Cabinet but only as a Minister Without Portfolio. Shamir conceded to Peres the power to nominate the new U.S. Ambassador, but reserved for himself the right of veto. To be sure, a new fracas could break out at any time within the fragile ruling coalition. But for the moment, the way was cleared at last for the rotation to take place this week...
...persuade reluctant legislators on such hotly contested matters as sending advanced AWACS surveillance aircraft to Saudi Arabia and aid to the contra guerrillas in Nicaragua. But ) last week Reagan's fabled reserves of luck and persuasion finally ran out. Both houses of Congress voted decisively to override his veto of a bill calling for stiff economic sanctions against South Africa...
White House strategists then switched to a familiar ploy. Meeting with eight Republican Senators who were considered swing votes, Secretary of State George Shultz argued strongly that a congressional override of the sanctions veto would undercut Reagan's credibility at this weekend's meeting with Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Iceland. "To the best of my knowledge, South Africa has never been on the agenda for a summit," commented Lugar. "I think this will be seen as farfetched...
...must find an end to Apartheid, but Congress made a mistake in overriding Reagan's veto" of the economic sanctions bill, Falwell said...