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6. Congress had passed a line item veto, pushed by Gingrinch

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 01:11 PM

Aug 29

and in effect while Clinton was in office. And then suddenly, the GOP didn't like it anymore and the SCOTUS declared it "unconstitutional".

https://web.archive.org/web/20081008092502/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/06/25/scotus.lineitem/

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TACO Don: ABANDON the world and expect the world to bend to our will. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 29 #1

Still aching for a line item veto... Hugin Aug 29 #2

Congress had passed a line item veto, pushed by Gingrinch BumRushDaShow Aug 29 #6

Don't give this group of Republicans popsdenver Aug 29 #8

If the SCOTUS upholds use of this idiotic "pocket recission" BumRushDaShow Aug 29 #11

Hey !!!!!!!!! popsdenver Aug 29 #15

Have been hanging in there! BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #16

I'll say this for him, Bayard Aug 29 #3

I was thinking that as well. ificandream Aug 29 #4

I'd settle for Perry Mason Marthe48 Aug 29 #7

In all reality popsdenver Aug 29 #9

I bet he is using that money instead for funding his ICE gestapo kimbutgar Aug 29 #5

More likely, popsdenver Aug 29 #10

Trumps gestapo don't like being called gestapo apparently. IcyPeas Aug 29 #13

I'll take those marching orders kimbutgar Aug 29 #14

Inviting China to eat our lunch Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 29 #12