line-item veto
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They craft the state budget and have a line-item veto to eliminate legislative appropriations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Kelly’s line-item veto leaves in place $5 million for school safety grants but deletes specific wording that she said would have essentially converted the program “into a no-bid contract” by eliminating “nearly all potential competition.”
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
At the time, Abbott's office defended his line-item veto and his request to review agency rules as measures that were within his constitutional authority.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2022
A line-item veto is a type of veto that keeps the majority of a spending bill unaltered but nullifies certain lines of spending within it.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
Senator Mattingly has introduced a bill permitting a 2-year trial run of the line-item veto.
From State of the Union Address by Ronald Reagan
