oh, and congress snuck the alaskan refuge oil drilling bill through...

[acroyear]

The House attached it to a completely unrelated bill (on defense spending) that was guarenteed to pass.  The head of the committee that got it through just happens to be from Alaska.

Why not NOW, when the abuse is so obvious, aren't the republicans clammoring for that absolutely essential line item veto that they were pushing so hard back in the 80's?

(not that it would matter in this instance, as the "president" has been trying to get alaska destroyed for the money since he arrived...)

update: protests by democrats got the measure taken off before a final vote.

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[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

congress did once try to pull a completely unconsititional "restricted line item veto" (one that would only apply to the main budget), which got thrown out in court in a matter of weeks.