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Last year the Supreme Court gave constitutional blessing to the rule, and President Bush vetoed legislation to overturn it. The House and Senate have recently approved a new bill to throw out the rule, if only to force Bush to veto it again during an election year. It's unlikely that Congress will be able to muster enough votes for an override...
...home arrangements for the elderly to school vacation programs and day-care facilities. In Washington, the House approved legislation that would provide employees with as much as 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year to care for relatives and newborn or sick children. But President Bush is expected to veto the bill...
Emphasized are domestic issues including the 1992 GOP goals: reform of Congress, a balanced budget amendment, a line-item veto. It focuses on the free market as the solution to social problems...
...Care to see my version of the "pocket" veto...
...state affiliate, called the repeal an "anticrime" measure because it included increased penalties for some gun offenses. It amounts to nothing more than "a bald attempt" to fool the people, retorted an angry Florio, who intends to take the issue to the people in a referendum campaign if his veto does not stick...