Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Saunders suddenly became the Invisible Man. Not that anyone actually failed to see him, or to guess what he was carrying in a manila envelope decorated with the White House seal. With Saunders in plain view, Majority Leader Robert Dole archly informed fellow Senators that Ronald Reagan had vetoed an attempt by Congress to block a sale of arms to Saudi Arabia, and * "somewhere there is a messenger who has that information." But the moment Saunders' presence was officially acknowledged, the veto would become the pending business of the Senate, forcing some sort of action. So for 2 1/2 hours...
Just a short time before the vote, Reagan told the American Retail Federation that "economic growth in America and around the world would be the casualty" of such trade legislation. And White House spokesman Larry Speakes branded the measure "an A-1 candidate for veto...
...presidency. It was the first time Congress had ever voted to block an arms sale that had Executive backing. Moreover, the margins of 73 to 22 in the Senate and 356 to 62 in the House were considerably wider than the two-thirds majority necessary to override a presidential veto. Nonetheless, Reagan immediately vowed that he would not only veto the congressional action but would also twist enough arms to prevent an override and permit the sale to go through...
...reconciled with a Senate bill and put into a form that Reagan might sign. Thus, attaching the contra aid to the spending bill meant at least a long delay in money for the rebels, and even then, it would pose a difficult decision for Reagan on whether to veto the combined legislation...
Congress could block the aid at that point, but that would require majority votes in both the House and Senate. Reagan could then veto such a move and it would require a two-thirds majority in each house to override...