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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[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

Actually -- what happened with the line item veto is the GOP pushed it through in late '95/early '96, but sat on it in conference hoping that Bob Dole would win the '96 elections. When they didn't, they sent it to Clinton and he signed it. The first time he used it (he cut some money for some GOP districts in North Carolina), some members of Congress appealed via cert to the Supreme Court, which tossed it out. End of story.

[rsteachout.livejournal.com]

Well, one at least has to give them credit for sending it on to be signed even after their candidate lost.

(Damn LJ keeps not posting this reply. Hopefully, this won't suddenly show up 7 times)

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

on the other hand, should one be praised for pushing through something so obviously unconstitional?

i hear Wolf is still trying to push through his rediculous double-unconstitutional proposal (Utah getting an "at large" seat while not-a-state DC gets a voting seat).