The purpose, I want to reemphasize, is to make it very clear that it was our intent that the President not be able to look beyond statutory or report language. That is the absolute limit as to what he is able to look at or impact. There had been some suggestions that this was kind of an open sesame, that we were going to allow the President sort of to roam through all kinds of extraneous documents and extraneous material to affect the report. We are going to make it very clear that this is a severely limited power and that it is limited to appropriations bills, statutory bills, and committee reports.
William Clinger: “The purpose, I want to reemphasize, is to make it very clear that it was our intent that the President not be able to…”
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Discussing the limitations on presidential power regarding appropriations and report language.
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