Charles W. Stenholm: “I rise in support of the Orton amendment for the same reason that the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Sabo] a moment ago…”

“I rise in support of the Orton amendment for the same reason that the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Sabo] a moment ago did, and that is for the sake of consistency. Having been involved in the line-item veto and being opposed to giving any President one-third plus one minority override on any of the issues, and then working gradually to this point, I come to the expedited rescission process in which I am perfectly willing to give any President 50 percent plus one line-item veto over any project in the 17th District of Texas. Having listened to the arguments of the appropriators for years opposing either line-item veto or modified rescission for getting into the decisions that the appropriators make and then listening to the members of the Committee on Ways and Means make the various all-substantial and very good arguments as to why the President should not get involved in tax matters, and now listening to the Public Works Committee giving all the very valid reasons why this should not be applied to public works, I come to the same basic conclusion, and that is why we will be offering our amendments later this afternoon to strengthen H.R.…”