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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Mr. Palau who wrote (675030)3/14/2005 7:51:48 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof   of 769670
 
"The Reagan lawyer had more than intent. He and his GOP special interests succeeded in gutting the line item veto."

I guess you could either say that,

1) Pork triumphed (as it usually does), or that

2) The Supreme Court did it's job in strictly interpreting the Constitution... and that Congress ALWAYS KNEW that it would be unconstitutional to attempt to give away some of their Constitutional authority over spending to the Executive with just a simple bill --- it would take a Constitutional Amendment to do that... just like they knew beforehand. It was just a cynical political game... pandering to some of the *louder* (but apparently not very well-versed in Constitutional issues) members of the public.
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