S.Amdt. 2972
What it does: Adds SEC. 114. LINE ITEM VETO on page 16, between lines 3 and 4
Sen. Jim Talent (R-MO)What it changes
1 change to S. 2349
Adds SEC. 114. LINE ITEM VETO on page 16, between lines 3 and 4
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 114. LINE ITEM VETO.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that --
Inserted: (1) the Federal Government has struggled with deficits since World War II, balancing its budget only 9 times since 1950;
Inserted: (2) the national debt is currently more than $8,200,000,000,000, or 66 percent of the total gross domestic product, and is a long-term threat to our economic health;
Inserted: (3) the number of earmarks in appropriations bills has tripled over the last 5 years, to more than 14,000;
Inserted: (4) every President for the last 25 years has asked Congress to pass a line item veto to help reduce the deficit by eliminating wasteful spending;
Inserted: (5) 43 Governors have line item veto authority, and numerous studies have shown that the line item veto is effective at reducing State spending;
Inserted: (6) Congress passed the Line Item Veto Act (Public Law 104-30; 110 Stat. 1200) in the 104th Congress, by a 294-134 vote in the House of Representatives and a 69-31 vote in the Senate;
Inserted: (7) in 1998 the Supreme Court of the United States, in a 6-3 decision, found the Line Item Veto Act unconstitutional;
Inserted: (8) the Congress and the President share a responsibility to the American people to spend their money wisely; and
Inserted: (9) the Federal Government should use every tool possible to help reduce the deficit, and the line item veto is a time-tested method of doing so.
Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should provide the President with a constitutionally acceptable line item veto authority.
Original wording
On page 16, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 2972. Mr. TALENT (for himself, Mr. Frist, Mr. Allen, and Mrs. Dole) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2349, to provide greater transparency in the legislative process; which was ordered to lie on the table, as follows:
On page 16, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
SEC. 114. LINE ITEM VETO.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds that --
(1) the Federal Government has struggled with deficits since World War II, balancing its budget only 9 times since 1950;
(2) the national debt is currently more than $8,200,000,000,000, or 66 percent of the total gross domestic product, and is a long-term threat to our economic health;
(3) the number of earmarks in appropriations bills has tripled over the last 5 years, to more than 14,000;
(4) every President for the last 25 years has asked Congress to pass a line item veto to help reduce the deficit by eliminating wasteful spending;
(5) 43 Governors have line item veto authority, and numerous studies have shown that the line item veto is effective at reducing State spending;
(6) Congress passed the Line Item Veto Act (Public Law 104-30; 110 Stat. 1200) in the 104th Congress, by a 294-134 vote in the House of Representatives and a 69-31 vote in the Senate;
(7) in 1998 the Supreme Court of the United States, in a 6-3 decision, found the Line Item Veto Act unconstitutional;
(8) the Congress and the President share a responsibility to the American people to spend their money wisely; and
(9) the Federal Government should use every tool possible to help reduce the deficit, and the line item veto is a time-tested method of doing so.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should provide the President with a constitutionally acceptable line item veto authority.
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Senate amendment submitted
March 9, 2006