Dang...I heard McConnell also...but I can't remember what kind of Budget deal it was...I don't remember hearing line-item veto...but, I didn't hear all of what he said.
I think it's the annual budget process.
By Richard Cowan - Reuters
Thursday, March 9, 2006; 5:47 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Budget Committee narrowly approved a fiscal 2007 budget plan on Thursday that would substantially hike defense funding and provoke another confrontation over whether to open a protected area of Alaska to oil and gas drilling.
On a partisan 11-10 vote, the committee sent the budget to the Senate floor, where debate could begin on Monday. The budget blueprint is nonbinding but it does shape congressional spending decisions.
Some vague background at ...
http://budget.senate.gov/republican/Reconciliationfacts.htm
http://budget.senate.gov/democratic
Should be more than a few good battles in all that. ANWR, and something referred to as "paygo," which I take as a euphamism for raising taxes - because Congress is incapable of killing or significantly reducing any programs.