Do you think Republicans will push for the line item veto as Trump demanded?

[oberliner]

Traditionally they have been big supporters of the concept - at least until Obama was president.

I think it was part of their Contract with America back in the day.

[herding cats]

1. Wasn't line item veto was ruled unconstitutional in 1998?

So, it's not going to happen.

[oberliner]

7. FEINGOLD, MCCAIN, RYAN INTRODUCE LINE-ITEM VETO BILL (2009)

Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), and Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) are reintroducing legislation to create a line-item veto to target wasteful earmarks, improve congressional accountability, and deter lawmakers from inserting “Bridges to Nowhere” or other frivolous spending into future bills. The legislation would enable the president to single out egregious earmarks in bills that arrive on his desk for signature and send these specific items back to Congress for expedited votes on whether to rescind, or cancel, funding for these provisions.

https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=D2005BA8-AE55-0798-DCD9-615285EE7F7A

[MiniMe]

2. I thought SCOTUS declared it unconstitutional

Not that it would make any difference to the repubs

[oberliner]

6. What about the bill McCain Feingold proposed in 2009?

Maybe something along those lines?

[LanternWaste]

3. Other than lip-service, there's not much Congress can do to overturn the ruling that it's unconstitu

Other than lip-service, there's not much Congress can do to overturn the ruling that it's unconstitutional. But what do I know... I'm allegedly delusional because I believed Roy Moore would lose the special election in Alabama.

[oberliner]

9. They can propose a bill that is similar but not exactly the same

Something like what McCain/Feingold proposed in 2009 (posted upthread).

[RussBLib]

4. No

The line-item veto was ruled unconstitutional by the SCOTUS in 1999.

I want to hear some principled defense of the Dems because Trump just slams them relentlessly, and I rarely hear any dissenting views.

[oberliner]

5. McCain Feingold proposed similar legislation in 2009

[Wellstone ruled]

8. And McConnell has already said,

this idea will not see the light of day.

[oberliner]

10. The House passed a line-item veto bill in 2012 (and McConnell may have supported it)

The House-passed line-item veto bill, which has been endorsed by the White House, is on life support in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
...

But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who sets the Senate floor schedule, has previously voted against line-item veto legislation. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), meanwhile, supported the bill that Reid rejected in the 1990s. Reid’s office did not comment for this article.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/228483-popular-line-item-veto-bill-hits-brick-wall-in-senate

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Aware of this by Reid.

McConnell is seeing his Power slip away,and that most likely is the reason for his response.

Every State that has a line Item Veto has or is experiencing issues up the wazoo.

[oberliner]

12. Interestingly, Paul Ryan was a huge proponent at the time

I wonder if he might not try to re-introduce now that Trump has called for it.

[Wellstone ruled]

15. Understand Ryan doing his

Line Item dance in preparation of a Rethug take over. Ryan is a Libertarian in Rethugland,he marches to the orders of the Koch Industries Mission Statement.

Ryan is in a race with Walker for who wants to be president in 2028.

[oberliner]

16. Doesn't pretty much every state have line item veto?

44 out of 50 if the info from politifact is accurate.

[Wellstone ruled]

17. Yes,and it is used in a

negative way to effect political and economic issues of those States in a negative way.

[procon]

13. Why is the president so stupid?

He probably got that boneheaded idea from the geniuses at Fox who push that sort of partial information to rile up their equally misinformed viewers. It's clear that Trump was was venting his rage and had no prepared speech where staffers would have vetted the accuracy and informed him of the errors before he made a fool of himself.

It's actually better this way. Every one of these unearned errors mount up, and while Trump's ardent fans can pretend to dismiss them as separate incidents, the toll continues to add up. Trump is even a bigger idiot than they are, and no one to wear that T-shirt.

[oberliner]

14. Anything that gives him more power, he likes

But it was not that long ago that the House passed legislation in favor of a line-item veto, with Paul Ryan himself helping to lead the charge (and with some prominent Democrats in support - though most opposed).