Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wage, but Republicans blocked the move on behalf of business leaders. Playing to the pro-life activists, a solid phalanx of Republicans (and a minority of Democrats) in the House passed a ban on late-term abortions, but President Clinton heard from his pro-choice supporters and promised to veto it. Just days before, the House had voted to repeal the ban on assault weapons, the top item on the National Rifle Association's wish list, although everyone knew Clinton would veto the measure. Amid the posturing, pandering and juggling of symbols, one sound bite rang true. Each party accused...
This is by no means the first time that the council has staked its heart and soul on a non-issue, but it is the first time--and it will by no means be the last, as the Dean's recent ROTC veto proves--that the council will suffer the repeated blows of The Shackle, whimpering and licking its wounds each time a resolution is rejected by the Dean on principled grounds. With each rejection, the council's legitimacy suffers; its perceived competence decreases; its subservience and addiction to administrative vindication grows...
This is a lousy way to ground a policy process: taking what is under one's own control and subjecting it to veto by a party with a different constituency and different interests. The Shackle is a self-imposed corrosive on the council's credibility; by subjecting council resolutions to such a potentially damning process, council members betray a terrible insecurity over where their true base of support really lies. The Shackle seeks the Dean's endorsement as a poor substitute for what it should be spending time seeking: endorsement and validation by students...
...emphasizes the council's interaction with the Dean of Harvard College, at the cost of the multitude of positive relationships it can form with the entire spectrum of administrators: Dining Services, UHS and the House Masters, just to name a few. Why not extend to all these parties a veto over council legislation...
...letter sent to Lewis following his veto, the BGLSA asked the dean whether an organization which discriminates against racial or religious minorities would be allowed to conduct ceremonies in the Yard...