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Wednesday's review, despite its many line-item reductions, does little to advance the cause of rethinking the role of the state, to say nothing of reducing it.
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Authority for a President to have a line-item veto can only come from by way of a Constitutional Amendment (I support the line-item veto concept, and have my own variant, BTW).
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As politicians debate the best way to address the national deficit, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has found one line-item that would seem easy to cut: payments to dead federal workers.
Federal Government Pays Dead Workers $120 Million A Year: Report 2011
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He backs a balanced-budget amendment and a line-item veto that would let presidents scotch individual spending items.
Quiet Republican Rises in Noisy Year Gary Fields 2010
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The agency has also proposed updating truth-in-billing rules that require companies to better disclose their billing practices so users understand in clear language each line-item charge.
Verizon Wireless to reimburse customers $50M for accidental data fees Cecilia Kang 2010
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The federal fund, known as the Universal Service Fund, comes from a line-item charge for phone customers, usually about $2 a month.
FCC to move toward overhaul of $8 billion phone fund for Internet Cecilia Kang 2011
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In another ruling Monday, the state Supreme Court also said Schwarzenegger had the authority to use his line-item veto power to cut $489 million from last year's state budget.
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"As governor, I have had to make very difficult decisions in response to the worldwide economic collapse, including furloughs for state workers and line-item vetoes to balance our budget," Schwarzenegger, a Republican, said in a statement after the court rulings.
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This process must be a habit, an ever-present line-item on the Innovation/NPD To-Do List.
Robert F. Brands: Cashing in on IP Robert F. Brands 2010
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The agency has also proposed updating truth-in-billing rules that require companies to better disclose their billing practices so users understand in clear language each line-item charge.
Verizon Wireless to reimburse customers $50M for accidental data fees Cecilia Kang 2010
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