Word: vetoes
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...interstate highways. But the Bush Administration, faced with an aging freeway system and a lack of money for building and maintenance, is rethinking the idea. Mary E. Peters, head of the Federal Highway Administration, has called Perry's TTC plan a "bold concept." President Bush has threatened to veto any increase in the nation's 18.4¢ gasoline tax and has expressed support for tolls on interstate highways. Other states, such as California, Missouri and Minnesota, are closely watching the Texas toll experiment...
...either, despite his "axis of evil" talk. They know U.S. forces are stretched tight and oil prices, important to the U.S. economy, are up to $50 per bbl. In any case, Tehran officials say, Iran's substantial trade ties with Russia and China probably ensure a Security Council veto if the U.S. pursues U.N. sanctions...
...Ideas for reforming the Security Council have been debated, and mostly rejected, since the day the organization was founded in 1945. Although membership was expanded in 1965 from 11 to 15, the Council still reflects the balance of power that prevailed after World War II. The club of permanent, veto-wielding Council members has not expanded beyond the original five: the U.S., Russia, France, Britain and China (although the People's Republic replaced Taiwan in the Chinese seat in 1971). In recent years, the Council has come under siege from upstarts who say it's time to open the doors...
...second proposal would create a middle tier of eight members elected to renewable four-year terms, and add a new two-year term. Under both proposals, the Security Council would grow from 15 to 24 seats. But neither idea grants the new members the right to veto resolutions--or the influence that it bestows. Such power would rest only with the original five...
...nations with designs on permanent seats--India, Japan, Germany and Brazil--greeted the proposals more or less warmly, despite the disappointing denial of veto power. But they still have lobbying to do. Any amendment to the U.N. charter would have to be approved by two-thirds of the U.N.'s member countries, including all of the permanent five, as well as two-thirds of the national legislatures in those approving countries. That might prove difficult, since each contender for a permanent seat could see its hopes scuttled by jealous neighbors. India will be opposed by Pakistan, and Japan could...