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In reply to the discussion: Republicans muscle tax cut bill through House [View all]karynnj
(59,503 posts)22. Bush never had a line item veto - Clinton did, but it was called unconstitutional
In 2004, Kerry ran on a version of the line item veto that required the "deleted stuff" to come back to the Congress and get a vote - on the entire set of deletions. The idea being that if the President really did put just things that were pork it could get the large number of votes (I think 67) needed to actually delete things - if he put partisan things in, it would fail. (I think the number was intentionally as high as a veto - but it was the President who needed the support of 67 people - rather than the people opposed to the President)
There was a 2005 Republican effort to try a version like Kerry's, but other than Kerry, it got little Democratic support.
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Wait a minute..what ever happen to the line item veto that Bush used over 100 times
INdemo
Dec 2011
#19
Bush never had a line item veto - Clinton did, but it was called unconstitutional
karynnj
Dec 2011
#22
I'm not worried about pipelines or payroll tax deductions (smoke and mirrors)
lib2DaBone
Dec 2011
#7
I read the bill on Thomas and that language is not there - can you link to the text you claim?
24601
Dec 2011
#10
Then he'll just have to sign it with a footnote exclusion clause, like Bush did,
cyberpj
Dec 2011
#35
Actually a lot of Nebraska Republicans don't want the pipeline as presently routed .
libinnyandia
Dec 2011
#24
And every other Republicans wants it built ASAP regardless of what states it goes through.
DCBob
Dec 2011
#28
Republicans payroll tax cuts pd for by increasing Medicare costs to seniors by $38bn
CarmanK
Dec 2011
#20