The line item veto would be a step in the right direction. When a bill that is pork laden arrives at the president‘s desk, he could just delete the pork and approve the rest.
All bills should be evaluated by this standard: does it help, or does it do harm? Followed by who does it help and who does it harm?
So should be also evaluated the question of the line-item veto and the question of term limits for Congressmen. Neither of these two procedural changes would address the critical problem within our government, the imperial bureaucracy. Rather you will hinder at least, or stifle at most any reform efforts directed at the permanent power of the Executive branch.
Freegards JimRed!