NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “we are going to give Ronald Reagan a great present for his birthday on Monday, and in the process, we will also be…”

“we are going to give Ronald Reagan a great present for his birthday on Monday, and in the process, we will also be giving a great gift to the American people, because we are finally going to pass a line-item veto, an idea that Ronald Reagan championed more than anyone else. As usual, he was way ahead of his time. Say goodbye to studies on cow flatulence, say goodbye to Belgian endive research, and say goodbye to research on the sex lives of certain insects. Say hello to responsible government and accountability. If only the former majority had given Mr. Reagan the line-item veto in the first place, we might not be in this deficit mess. He could have used it to cut out some of the $219 billion in additional spending that the guardians of the old order added to his budget requests. But it is better late than never. Happy birthday, President Reagan, and this is your victory, and it is a victory for us all.”