A line-item veto allows a president or governor to eliminate certain specific proposals within a bill (generally budgetary in nature) without vetoing the entire piece of legislation. Congress passed a presidential line-item veto proposal in 1996, but it was struck down by the The U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Clinton v. City of New York.
Line Item Veto Central Figures
- Rudy Giuliani
- The New York Times: " Giuliani Plans To Challenge Line-Item Veto" (1997)
- Mitt Romney
- The New York Times: The Caucus: Romney’s Direct Mail Pitch (October 6, 2007)
- George W. Bush
- WashingtonPost.com: "Bush Calls on Senate to Pass Line-Item Veto" (2006)
- Bill Clinton
- WashingtonPost.com: "Clinton Signs Law For Line-Item Veto" (1996)
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Fast Facts
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Line Item Veto Act of 1996 was officially declared unconstitutional in 1998 by the Supreme Court
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43 U.S. states grant their governor with line-item veto powerNCSL.org: [http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/lbptabls/lbpc6t3.htm Gubernatorial Veto Authority
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Rudy Giuliani called line-item vetoes unconstitutional when debating with Mitt Romney during the Republican primaries for the 2008 Presidential election
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Senators Judd Gregg and Jim DeMint proposed the restoration of residential line-item vetoes in 2007
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