Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...topsy-turvy nighttime Senate session, was a fierce skirmish in the battle to determine which party can most credibly claim credit, or escape blame, for the state of the U.S. economy. When the smoke cleared, both sides were dug into trenches, steeling for a summer of Government by veto...
...budget process in 1981 and 1982 as a club to win his way in Congress. But many advisers, most notably Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, feel that Reagan might be better off this year without a budget resolution. He could then try to influence each appropriations bill separately, and veto those he disapproved of. The veto threat, however, would be ineffective in tackling the most important spending problem, that of burgeoning entitlements such as Medicaid and federal pensions. These can be cut only if Congress passes new laws to change eligibility. Aside from defense spending, less than one-fifth...
...about 50. The complex early warning and tracking radars, plus the communications systems and defenses made up of less advanced batteries, are all manned and operated by Soviets. Even though the SA-5s are integrated into a Syrian-controlled air-defense network, the Kremlin has a veto over their use. So tight is Soviet control, in fact, that the Syrian Defense Minister has never been allowed to enter the bases...
...Salvador could best be accomplished in the open. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence rejected this proposal on Friday, and the covert funds are likely to continue at least until the end of September. But the committee insisted that in the future it have the right to approve or veto specific covert activities. The anguished public debate over Washington's clandestine involvement in Central America, a region where the nation's interests are clearly at stake and the evidence of foreign subversion is widespread, called into question whether covert methods can be used effectively...
...Meriwether, a student spokesman for the group, said that one of the amendments yet to be worked out is a provision that would limit the absolute veto power the president currently holds over tenure decisions