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Willie Hefner: “As one who did not support the line item veto because I do not think we can always count on the President of the United…”

On the recordMarch 28, 1996
As one who did not support the line item veto because I do not think we can always count on the President of the United States, regardless of who he is, not to have some pettiness in his surroundings. But what I do not understand is there was a big push to do the line item veto early on over here, and I understand that this transaction will not go into place until 1997. Why would not the line item veto go and this President have the benefits of it for the next 7 months?
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Willie Hefner
Democratic · North Carolina
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the line item veto and its implementation timeline.

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