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T. Gorton: “In negotiations over this, it was set up, very bluntly-- and I can put this on the record because it is obviously the…”

On the recordOctober 28, 1997
In negotiations over this, it was set up, very bluntly-- and I can put this on the record because it is obviously the case--so that if the President feels that is somehow or another totally unwise and doesn't mind making the government of the State of Montana unhappy, this provision is subject to a line-item veto. It was set up in that fashion. The President doesn't have to veto the whole bill or the whole $700 million in the land and water conservation fund. So if he feels it is disproportionate in some respect, we never have to go through these negotiations at all.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington
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Discussing the implications of a line-item veto in relation to a funding bill.

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