Bob Wise: “There are two goals, it seems to me, with any kind of modified line-item veto such as we are discussing today. The goals…”

“There are two goals, it seems to me, with any kind of modified line-item veto such as we are discussing today. The goals are that the President be able to line item items in appropriation bills that he or she thinks should be cut and that the President is entitled to a vote on those items; second, that all Members be held accountable for whether or not they voted to sustain the President, whether they voted to cut. So, Mr. Chairman, the goals are: the President can veto and the Congress must vote. Underline the word ``must.'' Second is that all Members be held accountable so that the public knows how Bob Wise voted in his district for these cuts and how others voted. In both cases what the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Clinger], the distinguished chairman, is offering on behalf of the full committee is a form of line-item veto, and our expedited rescission bill is a form of line-item veto, and both have that process.”