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Jack Kingston: That is right. He sends it back, submits it to us. And incidentally, he can say, look, I do like the New York Yankees…

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
That is right. He sends it back, submits it to us. And incidentally, he can say, look, I do like the New York Yankees, and I am going to give them a little bit of sweetener for the shipyard down in Florida, and there is a relationship. So instead of giving them $50 million, he decides to give them $25 million. He does not even have to zap it out. He can just reduce it. Then we get it back within 10 days. We have 20 days to vote on it. If we decide not to vote on it, it is law. One other thing that is important to know, this is on spending, but if we pass a sweetheart tax deal and it only benefits less than 100 people or 100 or less specific corporations, just a clear conflict, because some powerful committee chairman says, look, I want you to take care of my little buddies over here, the President can also veto those out. People complain all the time about tax loopholes. This gives the President and, in this case, the Democrat President the chance to stand up to those.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing the implications of presidential power over spending and tax deals.

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