Ronald Reagan actually said...

I believe that the President of the United States should have line-item authority just as most Governors in this country do.

Remarks by Telephone to the Annual Conference of the Republican Governors Association in Chicago, Illinois

11/14/1983

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 872, 873, 11...

You're learning some pretty practical things that will come in handy the rest of your life.

The administration opposes enactment of H.R. 278 because it contains fundamental policy flaws.

We could if they wanted to.