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House approves watered-down line-item veto
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jun 22, 2006 06:10pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Friday, June 23, 2006 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON - President Bush would receive greater power to try to kill "pork barrel" spending projects under a bill passed Thursday by the House.
Lawmakers voted to give Bush and his successor a new, weaker version of the line-item veto law struck down by the Supreme Court in 1998, despite a recent series of lopsided votes in which they've rallied to preserve each other's back-home projects. It would expire after six years.
The idea advances amid increasing public concern about lawmakers' penchant for stuffing parochial projects into spending bills that the president must accept or reject in their entirety.
The House passed the bill by a 247-172 vote. Thirty-five Democrats joined with most Republicans in voting for the bill; 15 Republicans opposed the measure and others voted for the bill despite private reservations.
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