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The LAT and NYT emphasize Clinton's announcement that the budget deficit for this fiscal year will be a 23-year low of $37 billion, while USAT chooses to stress his comment that he expects to exercise the line-item veto (a presidential first) on the budget and tax bills he just signed.
Yesterday, the WP reports, President Clinton used his newfound line-item veto to kill a provision that would have allowed many federal workers to switch to a different pension system, boosting their annuities but costing taxpayers about $854 million over five years.
The president's intent to use the line-item veto today for the first time ever leads the Washington Post and gets front-page play at the other majors.
In response, a major federal employees' union in New York filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the line-item veto.
The Texas governor can veto bills and make line-item vetoes on appropriations bills.