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...head of the Children's Defense Fund, did argue that signing would risk throwing children onto the street if their parents could not find jobs before their welfare benefits ran out. But such White House aides as George Stephanopoulos and Harold Ickes also developed a political case for a veto: the President would prove he was a man of principle, dedicated to helping the poor. Ickes further argued that signing would hurt Democratic congressional candidates, mostly by enabling Republicans to portray themselves as far less extremist than their opponents contended. The Republicans could claim they had managed to produce...
...President has a well-deserved reputation on tough issues for trying to have it both ways--or three or four ways. And on welfare reform, his "I'm all for it, but..." approach had been getting results. Twice he had vetoed Republican bills as harsh and punitive; both times the Republican Congress responded by stripping out provisions the President found most objectionable. Finally, although Dole desired a third veto he could decry during the campaign, Republican members of Congress concluded they would be better off telling constituents they had actually got an important and popular reform written into law. They...
...final decision loomed, Clinton was deluged with advice and sought out more, both by phone and in person. In liberal mythology all the policy arguments were for a veto and the only arguments for signing were crassly political. In fact, however, Clinton's advisers were deeply split on both politics and policy...
Thanks to an agreement last year with Lewis, the council has the option of asking the dean to "sign" or "veto" any bill as a gesture of support. But students said they wanted to give Lewis input on the bill before it was sent to the Student Affairs Committee...
...There is no point in passing a bill just for him to veto it," said council Parliamentarian and co-author Justin E. Jones...