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there was a line item veto in the US. The courts struck it down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Item_Veto_Act_of_1996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_It
by acomjean 9y ago
there was a line item veto in the US. The courts struck it down.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Item_Veto_Act_of_1996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Item_Veto_Act_of_1996
yeah the practice of stuffing a bill with unrelated extras was called pork. It goes on today (wonder why arctic refuge drilling is in a tax cut bill?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_barrel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_barrel