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William Orton: “The gentleman's position is certainly understandable. The concern, however, is that it certainly was a major platform in…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1996
The gentleman's position is certainly understandable. The concern, however, is that it certainly was a major platform in the Contract With America. It passed this body with overwhelming support. The President supports it, yet the 1996 appropriation process is virtually through, and the line-item veto does not apply to it. So we would like to develop a way to get it applicable to the 1996 process, and that is the purpose for trying to put it on the appropriations bills or continuing resolutions so that we could involve the President, give this President the authority now to start cutting that kind of pork-barrel spending.
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William Orton
Democratic · Utah
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Discussing the need for a line-item veto in the 1996 appropriation process.

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