Obama Seeks Line Item Veto Legislation That He Voted Against in 2007
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, May 24, 2010, 5:27 AM
Barack Obama wants Congress to pass line item veto legislation that would allow him to cut wasteful programs from spending bills without vetoing the entire bill. This way he can pretend to be concerned about his party’s record spending.
Barack Obama and the Pelosi Democrats tripled the national deficit last year by nearly a trillion dollars – something unheard of in our nation’s history.
Democrats are off to another roaring start this year and will come close to last year’s record.
With this move announced today, Barack Obama can claim he is concerned about his record spending and deficits.
MSNBC reported:
President Barack Obama on Monday is sending legislation to Congress that would allow him to force lawmakers to vote on cutting wasteful programs from spending bills.
The legislation would award Obama and his successors the ability to take two months or more to scrutinize spending bills that have already been signed into law for pet projects and other dubious programs. He could then send Congress a package of spending cuts for a mandatory up-or-down vote on whether to accept or reject them.
Senate Democrats killed the idea just three years ago, and so Obama’s move would seem like a long shot. But the plan could pick up traction in the current anti-Washington political environment in which lawmakers are desperate to demonstrate they are tough on spending.
GOP Sen. Judd Gregg tried in 2007 to force a vote on the weaker version, he won only 49 votes, far short of the 60 needed to break delaying tactics led by Democrats such as Robert Byrd. Barack Obama voted against the legislation back in 2007.
What a shock.
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Cap\'n Rusty commented:
Normally, the fact that a line-item veto was held to be unconstitutional in Clinton v. City of New York (1996) would be significant. But, since the Obama administration pays no heed to the Constitution anyway, it’s probably a moot point.
Opus #6 commented:
Obama is getting ready for congressional “change” in November. He needs the line item veto to influence legislation from a hostile congress. He hasn’t needed in until now because he has had a rubber stamp congress.
Sorry, Zero. Change is coming your way. You don’t have to like it.
Kenny Solomon commented:
He doesn’t need line item veto power.
He has the executive order.
He won.
Elections have consequences…… like the consequence of no more elections….. at least no more elections where the results aren’t rigged to look not rigged, if the results matter at all.
……..Tipping point coming sooner than later……..
aprilnovember811 commented:
I’m sure Scott Brown will be a yes vote for this. Along with Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins of course. This is unconscionable. Sorry, Zero, we know it’s all for show. Give this guy no more power. We’ve had enough of him.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Normally, the fact that a line-item veto was held to be unconstitutional in Clinton v. City of New York (1996) would be significant. But, since the Obama administration pays no heed to the Constitution anyway, it’s probably a moot point.
That’s right. But Constitution? You mean that little stupid piece of paper he ignores. Surely, you’re joking. He doesn’t need a stupid Constitution, it’s flawed. We need the hand of God, to come down, and beat the crap out of him. Maybe this offer of a job for Sestak, will allow us to impeach him in January of next year. It’s a federal crime to offer someone a job to drop out of a race, and Zero did it.
down with dems commented:
h y p o c r i t e
Otter commented:
I think the bigger problem here is WHAT constitutes ‘wasteful programs’ in obummer’s mind.
Opaobie commented:
This will be “just deserts” for the Republicans who have pushed pork barrel spending instead of trying to rein it in. The POTUS has 45 days to build a list of “recissions” (will most likely be everything his enemies put in for their districts) and send it back to Congress, where they will have to vote all of it up or down. The Dems get to keep all their pork, the Repubics lose all of theirs, and Obama and the Leftists win again and take us further toward Statism…can’t get those Leftist judges and SCOTUS appointments confirmed fast enough to suit him so he can thwart any future challenges. Game over?
Sandy from Chesterfield commented:
So the bill could pass because someone was bribed with pork but then obama can later take that pork out? Something is really fishy here. Since when did he care about spending?
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