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Tom Carper: “I really cannot understand why line-item veto is good enough for 41 States, but when it comes to the Federal level a…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2009
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.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper questions the disparity in line-item veto acceptance between states and the federal government.

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