Trump calls for line-item veto on spending bills

Source: The Hill | March 23, 2018 | Naomi Jagoda

President Trump on Friday asked Congress to provide him with a line-item veto on spending bills, as he signed a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending package that includes provisions he doesn’t like.

“To prevent the omnibus situation from ever happening again, I’m calling on Congress to give me a line-item veto for all government spending bills,” Trump said at an event at the White House.

The Supreme Court in 1998 ruled that legislation giving then-President Clinton a line-item veto for tax and spending provisions was unconstitutional.

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    Deflection from the fact that he signed what he knew was a lousy spending spree bill. In Trump world, it’s not his fault he signed a spending bill. The fault lies in the procedure for signing. Or it’s the Republicans’ fault. Nothing is his fault.

    In one stroke of the pen, Trump blew away any pretense of being a conservative Republican — fiscal or otherwise. He showed plain as day that he lied to his supporters. Unfortunately, a number of them still believe in him. It’s interesting watching his fans try to come up with a plausible explanation for his actions on Friday. They will not admit that Trump lied to them.

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