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...most popular plans for balancing the budget without using the dreaded T-word is the passage of a constitutional amendment granting the president line item veto authority. With this power, the chief executive would be able to veto single appropriations in a spending bill which he deems wasteful and unnecessary without wiping out the entire bill...
...several candidates, including Vice President George Bush, Sen. Robert Dole (R.-Kas.), and Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis have joined with President Reagan in favoring use of the line item veto to reduce the deficit. Bush has even included the item veto in one of his campaign commercials, saying that "Congress is against the line item veto. That means it's probably a pretty good idea...
...federal funds even if they refuse to perform or pay for abortions. The House has yet to finish consideration of the Restoration Act, but its approval of the Danforth amendment is doubtful. In any event, President Reagan sees the act as a vast expansion of federal power and may veto...
...praised the nominee as a "brilliant pioneer" for writing an opinion that struck down the so-called legislative veto, which gave each house of Congress power by itself to override actions by executive agencies. The Supreme Court later upheld Kennedy's ruling in that case...
Budget realism becomes the test as the candidates stake out positions on taxes, trade and Social Security. -- Once again, Ronald Reagan will ask for a line- item budget veto. This year, more in Congress are listening. -- Eager to launch a refitted shuttle, NASA' S contractors have let the schedule override safety concerns. -- In Utah, polygamists defy police in a log cabin siege...