Line-item veto should be applied to the current system of vetoing because it helps control unnecessary government spending. The U.S, which is trillion dollars in debt, has always had trouble maintaining and controlling government spending. Data from Stephen Moore of Cato Institute explains that $2 billion dollars were saved for taxpayers, even five years after Bill Clinton used line-item veto to delete 11 extra spending bills. Clinton’s first use alone saved $600 million dollars. When used for the first time, the new power of the President saved the United States billions of dollars could have been possibly wasted in bills that Congress passed, that thu could deepen the already tanking country debt. With the help of line item veto, even years
Daniel Oduntan Linda Graham HIST 1302 30 October 2017 Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City, New York in the United States. Theodore was the second child of four children in a wealthy, upper-class family. Theodore’s father was a businessman and philanthropist. Theodore’s mother was also born into an affluent family.
The Constitution of the United States sets out the procedure of a bill becoming a law in Article 1, Section 7. Scholars have interpreted the Constitution to read that a president can only sign or veto a bill, but the section that many other scholars have looked over that would allow for the line-item veto is that, “if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to r...
Today the word presidential veto does not come out in the United States Constitution, but Article I require that bills, orders, resolutions or other act of legislation by the Congress be brought to the President for his approval (Belz 1998 p 136). Normally the President is presented the bill, he can either sign it into law or may return the bill to the originating the Congress with his objections to the bill the appropriate constitutional term used is a veto, or neither sign nor return it to Congress after having been presented the bill for ten days exempting Sundays in cases where the Congress is still in session, the bill becomes a law; otherwise, the bill does not become a law and is considered a pocket veto according to the US constitution (Donald 2001 p.112).
If he chooses to veto, it can be over-ridden by two-thirds vote of the house and the senate. If the veto is not overridden, it does not become law. A governor may choose to line veto a bill. A line veto is the ability to make certain changes to a bill without having to veto the entire bill. These usually happen if the governor thinks the budget needs to be adjusted.
In the United States of America, there are a number of national issues that go unresolved and become more of a major issue subsequently. The lack of resolution in some of our nation’s most critical issues is due to the lack of a common ground between opposing political parties. Issues such as healthcare, climate change, abortion, same-sex marriage, taxes and welfare are reoccurring problems in the United States due to congressional gridlock. The cause of congressional gridlock can be attributed to the difference in liberal and conservative views, which can be further examined through some of the nation’s most prominent reoccurring issues such as immigration and gun control.
In 1819, the Congress of the United States decided to add the state of Missouri to the map. This addition took its toll on both the Northern and Southern states, effecting them politically and financially. The addition of Missouri messed the balance up between the North and South slave states causing much controversy inside Congress. This controversy restricted the South from expanding on their territory to make room for more slaves and more land.
The State of California has passed a number of new laws in recent years but none has been so widely discussed by the construction industry as Assembly Bill 1701 (Labor Code 218.7). This new law extends lability to a general contractor on a private construction project for unpaid wages, fringe, and other benefits owed to a subcontractor’s employees. This is regardless of the tier of the subcontractor or if the subcontractor has already been paid or not. Basically, this gives a subcontractor’s employees the right to make a claim against the general contractor for unpaid wages, fringe or other benefits.
Several aspects of the executive branch give the presidency political power. The president’s biggest constitutional power is the power of the veto (Romance, July 27). This is a power over Congress, allowing the president to stop an act of Congress in its tracks. Two things limit the impact of this power, however. First, the veto is simply a big “NO” aimed at Congress, making it largely a negative power as opposed to a constructive power (July 27). This means that the presidential veto, while still quite potent even by its mere threat, is fundamentally a reactive force rather than an active force. Second, the presidential veto can be overturned by two-thirds of the House of Representatives and Senate (Landy and Milkis, 289). This means that the veto doesn’t even necessarily hav...
Throughout United States history, Congress has passed legislation to address important social and economic issues. These laws have often had a significant impact on the United States and/or on American society. The United States Congress passed many laws to help reduce tension and to appease all people. The goal of many of the laws created was to create peace and order between different groups of people.
The Great Compromise of 1787 was definitely great; much greater, in fact, than some may think. {Insert Introduction Paragraph Here} It was one of the several compromises made to resolve conflicts between Americans. The Great Compromise was
The Constitution provides the President with two kinds of vetoes in Article 1, Section 7, which have been used frequently during different Presidential terms throughout history. The co-founders of the constitution placed this veto power in the hands of the Executive Branch in order to provide further means of checks and balances. The regular or return veto also referred to as a qualified veto, is whereby the President takes two steps: he withholds executive signature and returns the bill with his objections to the House where it originated. The bill is then subject to override by Congress. The second is the pocket veto which has different procedures and a more resounding effect. “If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted), after it shall have been presented to him. The same shall be a Law, in the like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case is shall not be a law.” (Spitzer) A pocket veto is essentially used when Congress tries to pass legislation by a simple majority for which the President either finds the legislation unconstitutional, or the President objects to or does not want his name associated with it. In this event the President can kill the bill by doing nothing, which is, “just putting it in his pocket.” If Congress is still in session after the President has had it for the prescribed ten days and he makes no response to it, it becomes law anyway, without his signature. This veto is an absolute—it kills the legislation that is in question since there is no bill return and therefore no possibility of override. The only alternatives that Congress has when dealing with a pocket veto is either to stay in session for ...
The blueprint of the Office of The Presidency can be traced back to1777, when the state of New York passed their Constitution. The Constitution of the state of New York gave only the “Governor” ultimate executive power, stressed the importance of a strong chief executive, granted reprieves and pardons, as well as the establishment of the State of the Union address. The Final aspect of the NY Constitution found in the Constitution today, which clearly is a managerial task, is the power of the Presidential veto. By exercising this power, the President is clearly managing Congress, for if not in the best interest of the nation, it is the President’s responsibility to block the legislation, and give constructive feedback to Congress, with hopes of seeing a revised edition before him as soon as possible. All of the aforementioned aspects of the New York state Constitution can be found in Article II of the Constitution of the United States of America.
How does someone with an opinion on almost every political issue write a paper that is nonpartisan and unbiased? At the beginning of junior year, I found myself asking this question. The opportunity to explore this problem presented itself in my independent study class where I could create a project of my choosing. I knew that if I wanted to write a research paper on a topic that interested me, I needed to seek objective information. For me, this was uncharted territory. So often, my classes would ask for opinion papers or for my view on a particular topic. I had never been challenged to write a non-partisan paper. The consequence of this type of learning was that while I had an opinion, it was never as fully developed as it could have been
The power to appropriate funds is crucial to the U.S. government because it enables the flow of funding for the government to function. Congress’ ability to fund government functions provides for everything from entitlements such as: Social Security, Medicaid, to running the nation’s national parks, the postal services, and the work of all federal agencies and the military. Without the legislative branches’ ability to raise revenues and appropriate funds, nothing would function. The Constitutional authority for Congress to fund government also gives Congress a weapon that the Executive and Judicial branches both lack. For example, the President may wish to regulate a certain area such as offshore oil drilling. After the B.P. disaster in the Gulf, the President could have established very onerous regulations o...
In the United States, president is in charge of the executive branch and he initiates the legistlation, but he is dependent on the the legislature to pass it into law. On the other hand, he can veto anything the legislature has passed into law. If we compare this system with a parliamentary s...