Bill Clinton: “I hereby cancel the dollar amount of discretionary budget authority.”

On the recordOctober 15, 1997

I hereby cancel the dollar amount of discretionary budget authority.

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Democratic · Arkansas

Source

Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Line Item Veto of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998

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