Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...final days of any legislative session are always chaotic, but Congress last week seemed to be spinning out of control, its leadership almost hopelessly fragmented. Racing to adjourn for Christmas, the legislators were unable to agree on a series of spending bills that faced the threat of a presidential veto. Meanwhile, a revolt by House members of Reagan's own party sidetracked--and possibly derailed--his avowed No. 1 domestic goal: tax reform...
...abdication of budget-setting powers, Congress gave a vivid display last week of its inability to deal with spending through its normal procedures. Having failed to complete work on six of 13 appropriations bills, Congress struggled to pass a $498 billion catchall measure for 1986 that Reagan threatened to veto because it gives too much to domestic programs and too little to defense. At the same time, Congress scrambled to finish a $50 billion farm bill, also regarded as veto bait because it exceeds the White House target by $5 billion. Even if the White House and Congress can resolve...
...would reduce imports of textiles from Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan by up to 30%. Imports of shoes would also be allowed only 60% of the U.S. market, and the President would be directed to negotiate voluntary restraints with foreign copper producers. The bill, however, is expected to be vetoed this week by President Reagan. While the bill passed easily, neither house of Congress mustered the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto...
Some call the Senator's energetic support of the Gramm-Rudman budget-balancing bill and the line-item veto indications of Kennedy's political savvy and willingness to compromise. And maybe they're right. After all, the Senator did spend the summer months arguing against a conservative-backed pharmaceutical control bill which he said did little to prevent dangerous drugs from being "dumped" into Third World countries...
...write the balanced budget into law, not because we disagree with the goals of such a plan, but because such bills say nothing about the method through which those goals will be achieved. Both the increased power of the President under the bill, which may include a "line-item veto" provision, and the possibility that many valuable programs will be needlessly cut, are unacceptable...