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Quote by: chaplainson  So this came up as a problem a little while ago, so here's what I want to know.
Should the President be given the power to veto a part of a bill because it doesn't relate to the topic of the bill. I.E. Farm subsidies in the Iraq funding bill.
The government spends a lot of extra money on earmark projects, but people pass the bill to gain support, but should the President be able to veto an earmark, so that the main topic of a bill passes, without the extra spending. |
Clinton got the Republican congress to approve the line item veto during his first term on the condition that it would only apply to the "next president".
The arrogant Republicans, certain that Clinton would not be re-elected, agreed.
But Clinton WAS re-elected (and if the constitution allowed he'd probably still be president today, see FDR) and he got the veto power, which of course, congress quickly removed.