Bush Wants Line-Item Veto to Be Revived

Bush Wants Line-Item Veto to Be Revived

(AP) - Six years after the Supreme Court took away the president's ability to veto specific parts of legislation, President Bush is asking Congress to bring back the line-item veto to let him make precision strikes against projects and tax provisions he doesn't like. At a news conference after his re-election, Bush said he wanted a line-item veto that "passed constitutional muster," explaining it would help him work with lawmakers "to make sure that we're able to maintain budget discipline."

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Commentary:
This statement, "to make sure that we're able to maintain budget discipline," coming from the President who has created the largest deficit in US history and who clearly has no clue about "budget discipline" is a very sad joke.