S.J.Res.27 - A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the line item veto.

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  • Official: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the line item veto. as introduced.

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12/11/2007--Introduced.Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the President to make a line item veto of any appropriation in any bill, order, resolution, or vote presented for signature into law. Declares that any legislation the President approves and signs, after being amended with a line

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12/11/2007--Introduced.
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the President to make a line item veto of any appropriation in any bill, order, resolution, or vote presented for signature into law. Declares that any legislation the President approves and signs, after being amended with a line item veto, shall become law as so modified. Requires the President to return those portions of the legislation that contain reduced or disapproved appropriations, with objections, to the House where such legislation originated. Authorizes Congress to separately consider any reduced or disapproved appropriations in the manner prescribed under section 7 of Article I for vetoed bills.

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02/20/08
Dodd Challenges Edwards On NAFTA, Astonishingly Misses The Point ...

For example (and there are plenty of others), Edwards voted against S.J. Res. 27, which was a resolution “disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the People’s ...

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12/26/07
Vision vs. Pandering: Why Duncan Hunter is the ONLY choice – Part 1

Thompson himself – and voted in favor of MFN (SJRes. 27). Then, during the 2000 debate to give Bill Clinton his coveted Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for the chicoms, Fred teamed with Robert Toricelli to put in a poison pill ...

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12/23/07
Pre-Primary Must Read For Republicans

Thompson himself – and voted in favor of MFN (SJRes. 27). Then, during the 2000 debate to give Bill Clinton his coveted Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for the chicoms, Fred teamed with Robert Toricelli to put in a poison pill ...

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