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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:01 AM Original message |
GOP pushes line-item veto...(Sen. Allen trying to give Bush more power) |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. wasn't that declared unconstitutional? . . . |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yup, during the Clinton admin. Would need a constitutional amendment. |
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TheVirginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Allen is pushing for an amendment. n/t |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. GOP dictionary: "wasteful spending" = non-military or non-pork spending |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. Talk about creating partisan politics, this would assure... |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. why do they need line item veto...they control everything! |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. The American people need to line item veto the bush administration |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. adopted during Clinton presidency and struck down by SCOTUS |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. Who knows what he'll cut out? |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. LOL! too funny - eom |
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chefgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. Curb spending, my ass! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. Stop attaching "riders" and "attachments" to bills! |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Yes, But How Would You Do That? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. God knows |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Here's an idea. Require "study time" based on the length of the bill |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Of course Allen wants to give Bush more power. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. This is actually a very good thing |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I disagree...I see the line-item veto as the President "legislating." He |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. But why can't the legislature then vote on that single provision, |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. There is a better way. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I Would Agree *IF* the Statute Were Written |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. That's exactly the problem. n/t |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Hey, we agree on something! |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. Allen |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I can't stand Allen |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Allen is a fraud. |
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TheVirginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. Text of the Amendment: |
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TheVirginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Follow-up |
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