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Bill Shuster: “All I can tell the gentleman is, it is our intention and our belief that in fact what we are doing here is saying that…”

On the recordApril 17, 1996
All I can tell the gentleman is, it is our intention and our belief that in fact what we are doing here is saying that the line-item veto shall apply as it applies in the current line-item veto law. If the gentleman has questions about the nuances of that law, this gentleman is not prepared to answer them.
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Bill Shuster
Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the application of the line-item veto during a legislative debate.

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