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Democrats) is fearful of losing their re-electability?
Why does not the majority party in Congress join in the effort to enact legislation providing for lineitem veto authority for a President to cut unessential spending? This would provide a weapon for a President to cut out of important legislation pork-barrell-spending riders that members of the Congress often attach to “must” bills.
In this reluctance to provide lineitem veto authority because Congressmen feel that the ability to add his or her special project rider to important legislation is a way of assuring reelection?
The Constitution itself provides a clue to our economic dilemma. Article I, Section 7 reads. . .“All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. . .” Article I, Section 9 states that. . .“No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made by law. . .” Is it not logical to ask our member of Congress why this authority to cut Federal spending has not been used if the criticism of spending is for real and not just for show to voters?
President Bush has, from the beginning of his term, tried to pursuade the Congress that cutting Federal spending is a major way to reduce the Federal deficit. Why
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