On the recordJune 4, 1996
To our credit, that is the one area where Congress has greater control than the President. When we spend and appropriate an item and the President vetoes, we get zero.
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govinfo.govChristopher Shays: “To our credit, that is the one area where Congress has greater control than the President. When we spend and appropriate…”
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Discussing Congressional control over spending and appropriations.
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