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Ronald Reagan: “It's time to give the President what 43 Governors have, what I had when I was Governor of California: the ability to…”

On the recordMay 27, 1987
It's time to give the President what 43 Governors have, what I had when I was Governor of California: the ability to veto spending, project by project, a line-item veto.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers

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