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Bill Clinton: The President, no matter what party, needs the line-item veto to bring discipline to the budget process.

On the recordMarch 19, 1995
The President, no matter what party, needs the line-item veto to bring discipline to the budget process.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on Proposed Line-Item Veto Legislation

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