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To: GaryLee1990
Yes...but Bush didn't have the line item veto that Clinton had.

Clinton didn't have the line item veto either. I believe the first time he attempted to use it the GOP got it ruled unconstitutional.

17 posted on 11/09/2008 8:01:17 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: CatOwner

IIRC, it was the repubs that got the line item veto passed. Dems didn’t want it and took it the Supreme Court and it was overturned.


51 posted on 11/09/2008 8:13:17 PM PST by katykelly
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To: CatOwner

Yes, Clinton did. He used it twice. It, line item veto, was challenged and went before the SCOTUS by Sen. Byrd-Dumassocrat, and remanded without decision, and then again by none other than Rudy Giuliani’s New York City, where it, finally, died.


78 posted on 11/09/2008 8:28:53 PM PST by papasmurf (Impeach the illegal bastard!)
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