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Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals: History and Current Status

Description: This report discusses various points of contention in regards to presidential budgeting authority, specifically that of impoundment and the line item veto. Presidential impoundment actions have sometimes been controversial. The subject of granting the President item veto authority, akin to that exercised by 43 governors, also has elicited considerable debate. With an item veto, the executive can delete specific provisions in a piece of legislation presented for signature, and then proceed to si… more
Date: June 18, 2010
Creator: McMurtry, Virginia A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Whose Line is it Anyway: Could Congress Give the President a Line-Item Veto?

Description: This report discusses whether Congress could grant the President a line-item veto. The report provides an overview of the Supreme Court's decision in "Clinton v. City of New York" in 1998 and examines what (if any) possibility exists for a constitutional, line-item veto authority for the President.
Date: March 27, 2018
Creator: Nolan, Andrew; Garvey, Todd & Liu, Edward C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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