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Ronald Reagan: “It seems incredible that the chief executives of 43 States and many of your own county executives have line-item veto…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1985
It seems incredible that the chief executives of 43 States and many of your own county executives have line-item veto authority, but the President of the United States does not.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Remarks at the Annual Legislative Conference of the National Association of Counties

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