Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...system from insolvency. The undisputed champion of the elderly, Pepper had held the fate of the delicately balanced compromise in his hands. He had fought against all cuts in benefits, gave ground only grudgingly when concessions had to be made to keep the legislation alive, and responsibly withheld the veto many of his more zealous followers had wanted him to wield. Says Pepper, accurately and with no false modesty: "If I had not voted for it, then there would not have been a package, and there would have been complete chaos...
...days later, blaming the breakdown of the Amman talks on "radical elements" of the P.L.O., the President called on the Palestinian leadership to make "a bold and courageous move to break the [prevailing] deadlock." Added Reagan: "We will not permit the forces of violence and terror to exercise a veto over the peace process." Shortly thereafter, Arafat hinted to Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in Stockholm that he might still pursue negotiations with King Hussein...
...result, the Soviet Union was at a distinct and permanent advantage. Its bargaining chips, the SS-20s, were already on the table, and its ability to play them was not subject to the veto of nervous allies. Even if the Soviets fail in their first objective, which is stopping deployment altogether, the episode will be likely to leave the alliance internally traumatized and all the more susceptible to divisive Soviet tactics in the future...
...says the reason he was so very sensitive to political consequences was that Carter was not. The President, he said, was a reclusive man who went out of his way to avoid personal politics. Mondale remembered one instance in which he urged Carter to veto some bill, any bill, just to show a little political muscle. "I said, 'Mr. President, they're laughing at you up on the Hill. Show them.' And he did," said Mondale...
...weaken, but said he would have to talk strategy with Jesse Helms, the ultraconservative North Carolina Republican. There were Senators who suspected Helms was aiding Kasten just as the fox helped the gingerbread man, i.e., Helms was really out to kill the jobs bill. President Reagan had vowed to veto the bill if the rider reached his desk as part...