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To: jttmab who wrote (131270)	5/4/2004 10:54:33 AM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Thankyou for your input. I was trying to communicate that, in my recollection, the line item veto was used as an excuse by congress to fix budget excesses. Then when it was passed and signed everything was under the radar, including the challenge and the Supreme's decision to quash. I found it all very interesting that both sides of the aisle belly ached for it and then both sides quietly abandoned the baby! I wonder if it would have ben different if a Bush were President at the time with a Republican Congress. I am sure you are correct about the Clinton signatures, but I don't think it was ever executed to adjust budget dollars. It really informed me about Congress' rock and roll. And nobody did a "Frontline" either. Maybe, if there is a change in management in DC this fall we can quietly back away from the Medicare Bill and those 2 "Alien" Projects (Mars and Mexico). Rascal @BeCarefulWhatYouAskFor.com