Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals: History and Current Status

McMurtry, Virginia A.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Budgets;    Federal budgets;    Federal budget process;    Executive impoundment of appropriated funds;    Line item veto;   

RP-ID  :  RL33635
RP-ID  :  RL33635_2010Jun18

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses various points of contention in regards to presidential budgeting authority, specifically that of impoundment and the line item veto. Presidential impoundment actions have sometimes been controversial. The subject of granting the President item veto authority, akin to that exercised by 43 governors, also has elicited considerable debate. With an item veto, the executive can delete specific provisions in a piece of legislation presented for signature, and then proceed to sign the measure into law.