Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...creating "merely the illusion of peace." He and other opponents of an immediate freeze argue that it is a simplistic, unworkable prescription that could hobble U.S. arms negotiators in Geneva. They claim, too, that it would perpetuate the Soviet nuclear advantage that they believe exists. Reagan, who would surely veto any freeze measure Congress passed, had never so bitterly denounced the popular movement. "If you're going to hit hard, now is the time to do it," explained a presidential adviser...
...last Friday: "I'm deeply disturbed that the jobs bill will suddenly become a Christmas tree for special-interest legislation. I think that the banking industry would do a lot better to spend its time thinking about lowering interest rates than lobbying the way they are. I would veto such legislation...
...unemployment rate for the civilian labor force unchanged from the previous month. The jobs package will be taken up by the Senate this week. Republicans there are expected to try to reinstate some of Reagan's original priorities, like heavy-construction projects, though the White House reportedly will veto a bill crossing the $5 billion line...
...stringent, when items with potential military application are readily available to the Soviet Union from other nations, or when the line between an innocent use of technology and a military use is so vague as to be indistinguishable in practice. The Pentagon, on the other hand, would like veto power over the export from the U.S. of any technology that some day could conceivably endanger U.S. security...
...presidential veto of the larger plan--which passed the House 348-54--would prove disastrous, substituting a mere gesture for at least the start of a remedy...