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...There is a fundamental disdain or disrespect for the Constitution," he said. He added that he especially disapproves of modern presidents' constant use of the veto...

Author: By Sean L. Presant and Anna D. Wilde, S | Title: McCarthy Speaks To Group at HLS | 10/15/1991 | See Source »

...Presidents who use the veto excessively encourage Congress to be irresponsible in what they send to the president," said McCarthy...

Author: By Sean L. Presant and Anna D. Wilde, S | Title: McCarthy Speaks To Group at HLS | 10/15/1991 | See Source »

...Wilson's veto sent a chill through civil rights activists across the country. Four other states -- Hawaii, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Connecticut -- have passed broad antidiscrimination laws, and a national bill is pending before Congress. Gays had viewed California, as the country's most populous state and a leader in civil rights legislation, as a critical test case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Rights: Test Case for a Gay Cause | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

Even so, Bush has vowed to veto a bill passed by Congress last week to help those for whom the times are toughest: an estimated 2.4 million unemployed workers who have exhausted their jobless benefits. Bush views the price tag as too high -- $6.4 billion to extend benefits for up to 20 weeks -- and contends the measure would bust the five-year budget agreement that the Administration and Congress reached last fall. The jobless-benefits bill has enough votes to override a veto in the House, but probably not in the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: America's Run-Down Economy Aiming for Bush's Soft Spot | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

Kerrey took calls on a radio talk show and spoke to about 75 people at a book store in Littleton. In response to a caller, Kerrey said he's against a line-item veto for the president because it would give the executive branch too much power. He then launched into Bush for requesting such power...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Candidate Bob Kerrey Bashing Bush in N.H. | 10/9/1991 | See Source »

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