[Enterprise]

It's why President Reagan wanted the line item veto. There were things that were forced into bills by the Democrats that he would rather have vetoed, but he couldn't because they were in spending bills that had to pass.

[Albert Barr]

The thing about line item vetos is it gives that power to the next President, who could be a Democrat. Then he can go about taking all the common sense out of legislation. I suspect that is why it has never passed. Nobody ever wants to give that power to the "other guy."