A bipartisan group of US senators on Wednesday introduced the Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act , which would give presidents the authority to use a modified version of the line-item veto in order to cut spending. In a...
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Obama introduces legislation seeking wider authority to cut spending
US President Barack Obama sent legislation to Congress on Monday that would give the president the ability to force Congress to vote on a repeal of spending provisions once they have been signed into law. Under the...
Bush assails earmarks, urges surveillance bill extension in State of the Union address
US President George W. Bush said in Monday evening's State of Union address that he would issue an executive order Tuesday directing the federal government to ignore any future earmarks included in...
US House passes new ethics rule requiring disclosure of earmark spending sponsors
The US House of Representatives Thursday adopted a new rule requiring lawmakers to disclose their sponsorship of so-called "earmarks" inserted into bills to fund special spending projects. H.Res. 1000 requires that bills coming out of committee,...
JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law offers his analysis of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Middle East conflict involving Israel, Hezbollah and Lebanon... Hezbollah's surprising television...
President Bush again urged the US Senate on Tuesday to pass legislation allowing him to use a line-item veto to weed out what the White House has labeled wasteful spending. In White House remarks...
President Bush on Tuesday again pressed the US Senate to pass a line-item veto bill that was approved by the House last week . Speaking in Washington to members of the Manhattan Institute [think...
Bush urges Congress to pass line-item veto bill in weekend radio address
President Bush Saturday urged Congress to approve a line-item veto bill in his weekly radio address Saturday, insisting that "a line-item veto would allow the President to remove wasteful spending from a bill while preserving the...
The US House of Representatives voted 247-172 Thursday to pass the Legislative Line-Item Veto Act of 2006 . The bill, which President Bush proposed in March, allows the...
The US House Budget Committee on Wednesday approved legislation that would give the president a line-item veto over individual provisions in spending bills. The Legislative Line-Item Veto Act of 2006 is weaker than...
