Bill Clinton actually said...

I hereby cancel one item of new direct spending, as specified in the attached report.

Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Line Item Veto of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997

08/10/1997

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Our diversity is our strength, but we have to work harder to see it.

I tried to show deference to Congress' role in the appropriations process.

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It is clearly the kind of win-win situation we see repeated over and over again.