Some Good News Out of Washington

At this point it would be foolish to hand the moron a line-item veto. He has already usurped ridiculous powers and doesn't need another club with which to hit opponents over the head.

President Bush may be pushing hard for Congress to give him line-item veto power to remove wasteful spending from the bills it passes, but the idea seems to be sinking on Capitol Hill.

Even though lawmakers are increasingly sheepish about the "pork barrel" projects the line-item veto is designed to fight, Democrats and some old-school Republicans in the Senate are so resistant to the idea that legislation to grant Bush this authority may not even get a Senate vote.

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