Word: vetoes
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...that in March, 78 Republicans in the House of Representatives joined their Democratic colleagues to approve a $1 hike, which would raise the base wage to $6.15 an hour. House G.O.P. leaders have tied the raise to their $123 billion tax-cut package, which President Clinton has vowed to veto. But both parties are so eager to score election-year points that a compromise is highly probable...
...full political influence to get the bill killed. As a result of the judges' lobbying efforts, many members of the legislature, including one of the bill's original co-sponsors, feigned ignorance of the bill's provisions and dropped their support for the measure. Bush agreeably followed with a veto, saying that the changes were too "drastic" and judges were "better able to assess the quality of legal representation" than county officials. He also stated that the requirement that the state release suspects who had not been assigned a lawyer after 20 days in jail "poses a danger to public...
...objectives would be to destroy or capture the Taiwanese garrison and create a precedent for U.S. acquiescence to Chinese coercion, thus weakening Taiwanese morale before the main invasion a few years hence. The U.S. Senate needs to pass the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act with a veto-proof majority. Such a clear signal might deter a war in the Taiwan Strait. JAY LOO Lansdale...
...Iranian Constitution has endowed a member of the clerical elite with the title of supreme leader and control over foreign policy, the military, the judiciary and Islamic religious matters. The current supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is known for his hardline positions against Western influences and freedoms. Khamenei has veto power over all of the Parliament's legislation...
...after the revolution of 1979 - although conservatives and reformers differ sharply on how much direct political control he should exercise. Ayatollah Khameini leads the country's conservative faction, whose control of the Council of Guardians - a non-elected body of clerics that has the power to vet candidates and veto legislation - as well as over the judiciary, security services and the military, means they will still have much political power even if they lose the Majlis. "Even though the conservative clergy dominate, they have to pay attention to the will of the people and the positions of other power centers...