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Timothy Roemer: “I voted for a line-item veto for President Bush. I voted for the rule to give the line-item veto immediately to the…”

On the recordMarch 28, 1996
I voted for a line-item veto for President Bush. I voted for the rule to give the line-item veto immediately to the President 2 hours ago. This motion will say, do not wait until 1997, do not play politics, do not do what the American people do not want us to do. Let the President cut $25 billion out of spending now. Mr. Speaker, it would be interesting to see and explain to our constituents why we did not extend the line-item veto to the President of the United States tomorrow.
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Timothy Roemer
Indiana
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Discussing the urgency of granting a line-item veto to the President.

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