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George H.W. Bush: “This language is clearly unconstitutional under the Presentment clause of the Constitution and the Supreme Court's…”

On the recordNovember 29, 1990
This language is clearly unconstitutional under the Presentment clause of the Constitution and the Supreme Court's decision in INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983).
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Memorandum of Disapproval for the Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991

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