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