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Did You Know?
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A key element of Kerry's :icon_salu deficit-reduction plan involves a power the president does not have--because the U.S. Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.
In a "fact sheet on Fiscal Responsibility and Social Security" released Tuesday, the Kerry :icon_salu campaign said that as president, Kerry :icon_salu will "submit budgets to Congress in which every new proposal is paid for--and cut the deficit in half within four years. He will ask Congress to pass a line-item veto and use the power to veto any pork barrel spending that is added to the budget."
But in June 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a line item veto law, declaring it unconstitutional--something many voters may not know or remember.
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A key element of Kerry's :icon_salu deficit-reduction plan involves a power the president does not have--because the U.S. Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.
In a "fact sheet on Fiscal Responsibility and Social Security" released Tuesday, the Kerry :icon_salu campaign said that as president, Kerry :icon_salu will "submit budgets to Congress in which every new proposal is paid for--and cut the deficit in half within four years. He will ask Congress to pass a line-item veto and use the power to veto any pork barrel spending that is added to the budget."
But in June 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a line item veto law, declaring it unconstitutional--something many voters may not know or remember.
