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Example sentences for: line-item

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USA Today and the New York Times lead with a federal judge's ruling that the line-item veto is unconstitutional.
Although the line-item veto had been the darling of several Republican presidents, the Wall Street Journal , after surveying Clinton's targeted cuts last week of federal subsidies to such corporations as Westinghouse and 3M, complains today that the administration's line-item decision process "can appear often arbitrary and highly vulnerable to politics."
The ruling is seen as a victory for constitutional purists and a political blow to President Clinton, who had hoped to use the threat (if not the reality) of a line-item veto as leverage in budget negotiations with Congress.
USAT and the NYT report that Newt Gingrich said through a spokeswoman that Clinton's action was "petty politics" even though he has been a longtime promoter of the line-item veto.
The Washington Post leads with yet another use by President Clinton of the line-item veto.