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BeckyDem

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34. Its complicated.Take that with a grain of salt, I am no authority on it.

Fri Mar 27, 2020, 09:32 PM

Mar 2020

Congress attempted to grant this power to the president by the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to control "pork barrel spending", but in 1998 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the act to be unconstitutional in a 6–3 decision in Clinton v. City of New York.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-item_veto_in_the_United_States

Signing statements: provide direction to agencies of how to interpret or enact a legislation
Line-item veto: president removes parts of a bill he does not like, and sign the rest

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC: And just like that, the Congressional oversight provisions [View all] BeckyDem Mar 2020 OP

If true, this should be a talking point for every Democratic Member of Congress. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #1

Do you recall the Bush adminstration and signing statements? BeckyDem Mar 2020 #5

Thank you for the reminder. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #10

Yes. How they would rule, I have no idea. This SCOTUS seems to embrace BeckyDem Mar 2020 #13

They do. And Trump would claim that help for Americans was being obstructed by the Democrats. eom guillaumeb Mar 2020 #14

Yea, that is a given. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #15

Nancy seemed confident tonight Bev54 Mar 2020 #51

Hope so. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #55

Me too, I never underestimate her though Bev54 Mar 2020 #56

Nancy Pelosi will use all the mechanisms she has and so will Trump. I don't doubt her, its just not BeckyDem Mar 2020 #57

Well, that didn't take long. sop Mar 2020 #2

Shocked to find out we've been fleeced by the Grifter-in-Chief SBoy Mar 2020 #3

He has no such authority malaise Mar 2020 #4

What are they going to do? ThoughtCriminal Mar 2020 #9

Trump is now richer than Putin ... we're fucked ... proper fucked uponit7771 Mar 2020 #6

We all knew they would be. crickets Mar 2020 #7

ugh BeckyDem Mar 2020 #12

I don't know about those 'signing statements' stillcool Mar 2020 #8

Complicated and how would the SCOTUS rule? I don't know. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #11

Problem is, who's going to stop him? He'll stonewall every attempt at oversight. sop Mar 2020 #16

That is the problem. He is a thief/con man. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #18

thank you...I think I confuse it.. stillcool Mar 2020 #17

omg that brings back memories. yikes BeckyDem Mar 2020 #20

yeah...and those torture memo's.. stillcool Mar 2020 #23

Bush and Cheney are war criminals. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #25

it's who we are, and what we do.. stillcool Mar 2020 #31

The terror state, the USA. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #32

It is essentially a line item veto isn't it? LiberalArkie Mar 2020 #33

Its complicated.Take that with a grain of salt, I am no authority on it. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #34

Raise your hand if you're surprised by this ****crickets**** nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2020 #19

They are predictable that way! BeckyDem Mar 2020 #21

Junior got away with this kind of bullshit all the time. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2020 #27

Skated his way through, yep. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #28

And I should give Cheney his due credit. He probably wrote at least half of them. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2020 #29

He got punked by that Borat actor not long ago. Cheney is nuts imo. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #30

I suspected something like this would happen. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #22

Corrupt Executive, corrupt Senate, corrupt SCOTUS, partially corrupt Fed. Judiciary. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #24

Greatest Heist in History spanone Mar 2020 #26

Man, no kidding. calimary Mar 2020 #60

I blame Dems, they should not have agreed to the corporate bailout. HuffPost was screaming Pepsidog Mar 2020 #35

This bill was about the people. You know that McConnell poisons every clean bill. Americans ancianita Mar 2020 #39

They're the robbers. See what I mean? They just recieved money but here come the lay offs anyway. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #46

Elizabeth Warren is all about the robbers. Re the industry you post, ancianita Mar 2020 #48

Yep. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #49

Signing statements are unconstitutional paleotn Mar 2020 #36

Isn't this abuse of power in a national emergency, subject to court challenge and further ancianita Mar 2020 #37

There will be hand wringing and then theaocp Mar 2020 #53

However, FOIAs can be filed, the NSA can gather intel, Congress can file a People vs. Trump ancianita Mar 2020 #54

I saw a pic a few minutes ago of mcconnell with a shit-eating grin. fookers MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #38

Rachel asked Mme Speaker about Trump's signing statement & Pelosi assured us that there WILL... Hekate Mar 2020 #40

I hope so. Right now it looks like he has the upper hand. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #42

rec. I guess we'll see. MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #43

I saw that on Maddow tonight since my last post and it made me smile. crickets Mar 2020 #47

He ignores the house. dem4decades Mar 2020 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #41

Dump is a vampire. He just stole half a trillion dollars right in front of us. rickyhall Mar 2020 #44

Need to identify anyone that is involved. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #45

somebody please explain to me what the fuck was going on with Rep. Steven, of MI? Hulk Mar 2020 #50

This is one time I support AOC 1000% nt doc03 Mar 2020 #58

Who has standing sue to nullify this attempt at "line item veto" via signing statement? pat_k Mar 2020 #59