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Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: DECEMBER 24 -30 | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

...world, he would need to change the Congress first. His problem was that the House was never intended to be very powerful; the Founding Fathers designed a legislative body that could boil over with parochial passions, only to be cooled by the sober Senate. Senators can filibuster; Presidents can veto. All the Speaker can do is create the appearance of momentum so that the rest of the government will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWT GINGRICH; MASTER OF THE HOUSE | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

...requiring that the budget be balanced, but it fell one vote short in the Senate, where Republican Mark Hatfield of Oregon defected, insisting it was a gimmick. At the moment, the House and Senate are crafting a compromise on another kind of budget-cutting measure, the presidential line-item veto. But with a Democrat in the White House, Republicans are in no rush to hand Clinton a scalpel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HOUSE DELIVERS, BUT THEN WHAT? | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

G.O.P. lawmakers want a tough welfare-reform law, including a House measure that would deny extra money to mothers who bear children while in the program. Clinton will probably veto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HOUSE DELIVERS, BUT THEN WHAT? | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

...first time, Congress has defeated a veto by President Clinton. Friday morning, the Senate gathered a two-thirds majority (68-30) to reject the President's last-minute veto on Tuesday night of a bill that would restrict class-action security fraud lawsuits. The Senate action, which follows a similar House vote Wednesday, assures that the securities bill will become law. Republicans had spearheaded the push for veto-proof passage because the bill limits attorney fees and can force the losing party to pay fees and costs if the suit proves frivolous. Powerful leaders of high-technology firms backed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A VETO IN VAIN | 12/22/1995 | See Source »

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