Key Votes
S 4 - Line-Item Veto bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Edward Kennedy, Sr. voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- April 9, 1996 Executive Signed
- March 28, 1996 House Conference Report Adopted
- March 27, 1996 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- May 17, 1995 House Bill Passed
- March 23, 1995 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 4, 1995 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 104-130 - April 9, 1996
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) - March 28, 1996
NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) (69-31) - March 27, 1996 (Key vote)
Title: Line-Item Veto bill
Vote to adopt a conference report that allows the President to use a line item veto to strike portions of legislation without vetoing the entire bill.
- Authorizes the President to cancel any item of new direct spending or limited tax benefit signed into law, as long as he or she determines that canceling the item will reduce the Federal budget deficit without harming the national interest.
- Requires the President to submit a special message to Congress within 5 days of receiving the legislation, identifying the amounts, items, and benefits struck from the legislation.
- Provides Congress with 30 days to either decide to accept the President's decision or create a disapproval bill to pass the provisions again by a majority vote, the disapproval bill is still subject to Presidential veto which could then be overruled by a 2/3 majority.
- Expires on January 1, 2005.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - May 17, 1995
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (69-29) - March 23, 1995 (Key vote)
Title: Line-Item Veto bill
Vote to pass a bill that gives the President the ability to strike new direct spending items or new targeted tax items.
- Requires Congressional committees to enroll all new direct spending items or new targeted tax items as separate pieces of legislation.
- Allows this act to be waived by an affirmative vote of 3/5 of the appropriate chamber of Congress.
- Prohibits the inclusion of non-emergency spending in emergency spending bills.
- Expires September 30, 2000.
Sponsors
- Robert 'Bob' Dole (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- John D. Ashcroft (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Hank Brown (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Conrad R. Burns (MT - R) (Out Of Office)
- John H. Chafee (RI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel R. Coats (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Paul D. Coverdell (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Larry E. Craig (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA - D)
- William Phillip 'Phil' Gramm (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Rodney 'Rod' Grams (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Judd A. Gregg (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jesse Helms (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Inhofe (OK - R)
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Kyl (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Chester Trent Lott Sr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Sidney McCain III (AZ - R)
- Mitch McConnell (KY - R)
- Frank H. Murkowski (AK - ) (Out Of Office)
- Don Nickles (OK - ) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Rick' Santorum (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard C. Shelby (AL - R)
- Robert Clinton 'Bob' Smith (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
- Craig Thomas (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- John William Warner (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
