Political Quotes

“75 percent of the American people support the line-item veto, and have supported the line-item veto for a long time. It has been suggested that there are a number of reasons why we should not enact this legislation. It has been suggested that it is unconstitutional. It is not really our job to determine what is constitutional or what is not unconstitutional, but the fact is that we do provide severability in this measure. If a provision, any provision of the matter is considered to be unconstitutional, it can be stricken and the rest of the matter can stand. It has also been suggested... that we have engaged in a reckless transfer of power. I would suggest, on the contrary, this provides the President with a refined tool to attack the deficit problem that looms over us. It merely gives him an effort to be more selective in the way that he goes about deficit reduction. Congress retains the power to override any Presidential veto. We have not given that power away.”