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Let’s Take Another Look At The Line Item Veto

February 8, 2012

In 1996, President Bill Clinton successfully used 44 different line item vetoes to save the American public $2 billion dollars. Then in 1998, the Supreme Court ruled the Line Item Veto Act unconstitutional by a vote of 6 to 3.

Abuse of Budgets Past

February 7, 2012

Earmark’s are a dirty word on Capitol Hill today, but they were a favorite tool of lawmakers not so long ago.