I really cannot understand why line-item veto is good enough for 41 States, but when it comes to the Federal level a much tamer expedited rescission authority is viewed by some as an unacceptable shift in power from one branch to another.
Carper questions the disparity in line-item veto acceptance between states and the federal government.
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Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.
Thank you for your passion, and I would ask that we spend the rest of this day dealing with this.
I think that's really disgraceful, and it's unacceptable that the local DC courts have vacancies that last years because the Senate fails to act in a timely way.
I hope is that the issues we just discussed... we can keep at it today and see if we can't find a way to yes.
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