Reply #47: Lot's of vetoes coming out of the Oval Office (hopefully) [View All]

[MilesColtrane]

One thing's a certainty in that scenario. Health Care Reform is killed and remains out of sight until the next time Democrats control the WH and both houses of Congress.

Here's what we got after losing the House and Senate during Clinton's first term.

1996-02-01 - Communications Decency Act
1996-02-08 - Telecom Reform Act: eliminated major ownership restrictions for radio and television groups.
1996-03-14 - authorized $100 million counter-terrorism agreement with Israel to track down and root out terrorists.
1996-04-09 - Line Item Veto Act
1996-04-24 - Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
1996-08-20 - Minimum wage Increase Act
1996-09-21 - Defense of Marriage Act, allowed states to refuse recognition of certain same-sex marriages, and defined marriage as between a male and female for purposes of federal law


The Line Item Veto Act was struck down by the courts, leaving only the Minimum Wage increase as the only bright spot IMO.