Semi- Line Item Veto

Although this might save some pork, it seems a waste of time. Congress has already voted on the bill "as is", but now will have to vote again if the idiot-in-chief (or a successor) scratches any item from a bill.

Congress is moving to give President Bush and his successors greater power to try to weed bills of certain spending, though the new power would pale compared with the line-item veto law struck down by the Supreme Court in 1998.

The House Budget Committee on Wednesday approved by a 24-9 vote a bill to allow the president to single out wasteful items contained in appropriations bills he signs into law, and it would require Congress to vote on those items again.

Under the proposal, it would take a simple majority in the House and Senate to approve the items over the president's objections.

Note: That's the whole article from MercuyNews.com.

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