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Didn't Obama promise to use the mystical powers of The Presidential Line-Item Veto to cut pork?

A Waste of Talent 2009

Starting in 1995, Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey, Bob Dole, Trent Lott, et al. tried to undermine Bill Clinton in innumerable ways yet pushed the Line-Item Veto Act and the Balanced Budget Amendment, saying over and over that Congress misuses its powers.

Congress crippled by ambivalence 2010

In terms of the three-dozen federal statutes, this also includes statutes invalidated on grounds ranging from the First Amendment (such as federal measures aimed at porn on the internet) to the violation of bicameralism and presentment (the Line-Item Veto Act), and, if carried forward to the present, would include decisions like Boumediene.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Senator Feinstein and the Commerce Clause: 2009

In Raines v. Byrd, the Supreme Court denied standing to four senators who challenged the Line-Item Veto Act, passed in March 1996, over those senators 'objections.

Is That Legal?: Would a Law Creating a Voting Congressman for the District of Columbia Be Unconstitutional, and If So, Who Has Standing to Challenge the Law? 2007

On the other hand, the Supreme Court did find standing for the plaintiffs to challenge the Line-Item Veto Act in Clinton v. City of New York.

Is That Legal?: March 2007 Archives 2007

• Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney got into a good fight about Rudy's opposition to the 1990's Line-Item Veto Act, with Romney insisting that you need to be for the line-item veto in order to be a true fiscal conservative.

Election Central Debate Roundup 2009

On the other hand, the Supreme Court did find standing for the plaintiffs to challenge the Line-Item Veto Act in Clinton v. City of New York.

Is That Legal?: Would a Law Creating a Voting Congressman for the District of Columbia Be Unconstitutional, and If So, Who Has Standing to Challenge the Law? 2007

• Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney got into a good fight about Rudy's opposition to the 1990's Line-Item Veto Act, with Romney insisting that you need to be for the line-item veto in order to be a true fiscal conservative.

Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Election Central Debate Roundup 2009

In Raines v. Byrd, the Supreme Court denied standing to four senators who challenged the Line-Item Veto Act, passed in March 1996, over those senators 'objections.

Is That Legal?: March 2007 Archives 2007

Balanced-Budget Amendment/Line-Item Veto: Conservatives had to settle for a budget amendment that could mean Congress will use tax hikes, along with budget cuts, to balance the books.

Half Time At The Revolution 2008