Bob Wise: “But when confronted with individual items coming back in a Presidential line-item veto or rescission, if my colleagues…”

“But when confronted with individual items coming back in a Presidential line-item veto or rescission, if my colleagues will, and knowing that the full public scrutiny is, ``How did you vote on this controversial area or this controversial project,'' it is very likely that a majority would sustain that Presidential line-item veto or rescission. So it really gets down to two-thirds, or really gets down to whether one wants one-third plus one to run the appropriations process or one wants a majority vote. I remind my Republican colleagues and Democratic colleagues that 342 Members voted for this language in the past Congress. So, with the Wise-Spratt-Stenholm substitute, Mr. Chairman, the President can rescind, the President is guaranteed a vote in Congress within 10 days of it coming to the Congress, and there is total accountability because the public sees how we vote on each item. I would ask that my colleagues uphold our substitute and guaranteed majority rule as opposed to one-third plus one.”