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Title: Bipartisanship! Post by: lil mike on February 09, 2012, 07:36:09 pm http://news.yahoo.com/house-votes-obama-limited-line-item-veto-002106728.html (http://news.yahoo.com/house-votes-obama-limited-line-item-veto-002106728.html) House votes to give Obama limited line-item veto The House of Representatives voted to give President Barack Obama a limited line-item veto authority on Wednesday in a rare display of bipartisanship on bitterly divisive spending and budget issues. The House voted 254-173, with 57 Democrats joining Republicans in favoring the bill, which allows the president to propose elimination of individual items in spending legislation and subject them to a separate, second vote by Congress. Sponsored by the top Republican and Democrat on the House Budget Committee, the line-item veto bill had strong support from the White House. Many presidents have sought line-item vetoes over the years as a tool to chip away at wasteful spending. Title: Re: Bipartisanship! Post by: Howey on February 09, 2012, 09:05:42 pm Ohhh...this should be fun!
Title: Re: Bipartisanship! Post by: ekg on February 10, 2012, 11:21:32 am http://news.yahoo.com/house-votes-obama-limited-line-item-veto-002106728.html (http://news.yahoo.com/house-votes-obama-limited-line-item-veto-002106728.html) House votes to give Obama limited line-item veto The House of Representatives voted to give President Barack Obama a limited line-item veto authority on Wednesday in a rare display of bipartisanship on bitterly divisive spending and budget issues. The House voted 254-173, with 57 Democrats joining Republicans in favoring the bill, which allows the president to propose elimination of individual items in spending legislation and subject them to a separate, second vote by Congress. Sponsored by the top Republican and Democrat on the House Budget Committee, the line-item veto bill had strong support from the White House. Many presidents have sought line-item vetoes over the years as a tool to chip away at wasteful spending. wtf? are they fucking high? holy crap... " the line-item veto bill had strong support from the White House." ya think? why in the hell would they do this.. I know the GOP love this idea but holy crap! doesn't anyone understand the downward slide of this? so much for all that 'Constitution rah rah' stuff.. guess I can hope that the supreme's will take it away this time too... altho I doubt Roberts will.. Title: Re: Bipartisanship! Post by: Howey on February 10, 2012, 11:31:18 am wtf? are they fucking high? holy crap... " the line-item veto bill had strong support from the White House." ya think? why in the hell would they do this.. I know the GOP love this idea but holy crap! doesn't anyone understand the downward slide of this? so much for all that 'Constitution rah rah' stuff.. guess I can hope that the supreme's will take it away this time too... altho I doubt Roberts will.. They may have found a way to circumvent (http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3420610/mccaskill-introducing-line-item.html) the constitutionality of it... Quote McCaskill and other supporters of the bill say the latest version is written to meet constitutional standards because, though the president can propose items for rescission, or elimination, from a budget bill, Congress must vote on a revised bill. The president then must sign what is in effect a new piece of legislation. “I think there's some care to ensure it will pass Constitutional muster,” McCaskill said. “We won't know until we pass it.” |