Word: vetoing
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With that defiant challenge to his antagonists in Congress, Jimmy Carter vetoed his first major bill last week -only the fifth time he has exercised this power since he became President 19 months ago. He also warned that there might be more vetoes to follow; and there were ample indications that he planned to use all the other political weapons in the presidential arsenal to make Congress do his bidding. A tougher, more aggressive President was clearly emerging; his subordinates were threatening rebellious members of Congress with a loss of patronage and a withdrawal of crucial assistance in their...
Carter carefully chose his ground for making a stand. He did not really have to veto the $37 billion military procurement bill, which was an authorization for spending, not a final appropriation. He could have bargained with Congress for what he wanted before the final bill was passed. But he was determined to make a public issue out of the $2 billion nuclear aircraft carrier that Congress had included in the bill over his objections...
...said, would "waste the resources available for defense and weaken our nation's military capabilities in the future." Congressional leaders seemed to agree that he was right. They predicted that, despite the lobbying for the carrier by Carter's onetime mentor Hyman Rickover and other admirals, the veto would be sustained. Said House Majority Leader James Wright: "I voted for that carrier, but I thought the President made a good case." Agreed Liberal Democrat Morris Udall: "The big carrier has been a kind of sacred cow, and I credit the President with wise leadership on this...
...press conference last week, Carter cited other bills as likely candidates for a veto. The most important is the $16.3 billion tax cut passed by the House earlier this month. If that reduction is increased by the Senate, or if higher income groups get most of the benefits, Carter said, he would "have no hesitancy about vetoing it." White House aides are now engaged in quiet negotiations with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell Long, who favors a bigger tax cut. As one Administration official says: "I don't think anyone can tell you what Russell will...
President Carter has threatened to veto any tuition tax credit measure, preferring instead to step up aid in the form of direct federal grants and loans to post-secondary school students. His own proposal, sponsored by Rhode Island Democrat Claiborne Pell, passed the Senate by a 68-to-28 count, barely 14 hours after the tax credit vote. After the Pell measure was okayed, Oklahoma Republican Henry Bellmon chided his colleagues, declaring: "I cannot imagine why we would pass two bills on two successive days to accomplish essentially the same objective." As it happens, the House-which approved...