Ronald Reagan actually said...

Let me repeat again, if the political heat of budget cutting is too much for Congress, then they should give the President what 43 Governors have—a line-item veto.

Context

Remarks to Brokers and Staff of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, New York

03/27/1985

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