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Jack Kingston: “The line-item veto only applies for deficit reduction. So if, in fact, the deficit is zeroed out next year and the…”

On the recordOctober 8, 1997
The line-item veto only applies for deficit reduction. So if, in fact, the deficit is zeroed out next year and the budget is balanced, which we all hope that it is, we will effectively not have a line-item veto. The gentleman from Michigan has sponsored legislation which I have cosponsored, and my colleagues probably should look at it if they have not, that says, even if there is no deficit, the President would still have a line-item veto for the purpose of continuing to ferret out wasteful spending.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing the implications of the line-item veto during a debate on budget legislation.

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