Word: vetoing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...weeks ago, the President bitterly attacked Congress for its inflationary tendencies and threatened to veto the "Christmas tree" tax bill. Last week he added the massive Labor and Health, Education and Welfare appropriations bill and a relatively minor coalmine-safety bill to his possible veto list. Said Nixon in a letter to Republican congressional leaders: "I cannot at this critical point in the battle against inflation approve so heavy an increase in federal spending...
Nixon's words were wasted on the Republicans, however; the Democrats control Congress. After a Friday-morning breakfast caucus, Democratic leaders announced that they intended to ignore Nixon's warnings and might even try to override any presidential veto, though it is questionable whether they can muster the required two-thirds vote. Accordingly, they sent Nixon the mine-safety bill despite his threat. Though Congress appropriated $19.9 billion for HEW-roughly the amount Nixon requested-an additional $1.1 billion in spending is almost certain to be added later. Thus, the move was not likely to influence Nixon. Similarly...
...county, Special Prosecutor Nelson Stamler launched a probe that resulted in indictments against 77 people, including two police chiefs. To nobody's surprise, Stamler soon was replaced. One reason the reform efforts failed may well be that local political bosses, many of them thoroughly venal, enjoy virtual veto power over the appointment of county judges and prosecutors...
...Once, in 1951, when he felt the papers political independence threatened from within its top administration, Beuve-Méry resigned; he returned after the editorial staff refused to work for his proposed successor. Le Monde's working journalists now own 40% of its shares and have veto power over the naming of a new director...
...with some sensible and overdue reforms, but many were gutted by irresponsible actions in the Senate. The 1969 bill that the Senate passed last week is loaded with so many tax reductions?as well as a costly 15% increase in social security benefits?that the President has threatened to veto it. "I intend to use all the powers of the presidency to stop the rise in the cost of living," said Nixon at a press conference shortly before the Senate acted. "If I sign the kind of bill which the Senate is about to pass, I would be reducing taxes...