Word: vetoing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Veto Power. As passed by the House, the bill 1) authorized an expenditure of $1.9 billion, $400 million more than the Administration requested, and 2) stipulated that any decision by a Governor to veto community action, neighborhood youth corps or adult-education programs in his state would be subject to review by Sargent Shriver, director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. The bill was fine by Senate Democrats, but the Republicans had different ideas...
...that of reducing poverty in the United States. To expect that there would not be problems in administration would be unreasonable." Dominick's amendment failed, 51 to 40. An amendment by New York's Republican Jacob Javits would have provided for public hearings on any disputed veto; it lost...
...effectively barred the Turkish community from the seats it had held in the House of Representatives. Turk ish Cypriot Representatives, who have not been attending meetings for fear of their lives, tried to re-enter the cham ber but were refused admittance unless they would agree to relinquish the veto that they hold over legislation under the constitution. When Turkey angrily placed the matter before the U.N., Ankara's NATO partners reaffirmed their desire for peace on the island, but failed to step in energetically on Turkey's behalf. In Moscow last week, Urguplu made a pitch...
...introducing "an awesome and abominable proposal," with trying to give "the rotten-borough legislatures now in operation the power of self-perpetuation," with "sounding the false alarm that the Supreme Court had created chaos in the states," plotting to allow "private utilities" and "big financial interests" to hold a veto against "consumers, wage and salaried workers and the general body of citizens...
...stands taller). Italy's 1.5 million Communists have gradually increased their share of the vote until it stands at 25%. Many such Communist votes amount to a ritualistic protest by citizens who simply oppose the existing order. Yet through sheer numbers, the national parties today exercise a potent veto power on Moscow's line...