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Conferees appointed by Lott and Gingrich could insert a poison pill that would 1) move Democrats to vote against final passage or 2) be bait for a presidential veto.
Congress passed a tax bill Clinton has promised to veto, and passed spending bills intended to financially disable his priorities despite Clinton's consistent triumphs in budget standoffs over the past four years.
But they don't have a veto on this."
The New York Times leads with the 218-211 House passage of an $85 billion spending bill for health, education, and labor--a story off-leaded by the Washington Post and run inside at the Los Angeles Times and USA Today . President Clinton promised a veto, citing a Congressional Budget Office study concluding that the GOP is $17 billion over the spending limit needed to protect Social Security--this despite the bill's .97 across-the-board spending cut.
A federal judge struck down the Line-Item Veto Act , saying it gives the president legislative powers constitutionally reserved to Congress.