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单词 line-item veto
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Definition of line-item veto in US English:

line-item veto

(also item veto)
noun
  • The power of a president, governor, or other elected executive to reject individual provisions of a bill.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fiscal matters, for example, many state governments, unlike the federal government, require a balanced budget and allow the governor a line-item veto.
    • In late July, he signed the new state budget and used a line-item veto to eliminate a $1 million increase to the California Arts Council.
    • Mr Smith of Georgia largely ignored local concerns in favor of high-minded issues such as the line-item veto.
    • He even managed to pass a line-item veto, which would have allowed the President to cut pork from the Congress's legislation, had it not been declared unconstitutional.
    • I used the line-item veto 943 times and was never overridden once.
    • The Governor has line-item veto over the bill, but it is uncertain what her status may be, as she reportedly is in line for a Cabinet position in the administration.
    • One of the least happy days in my life was telling the President that he could not exercise an inherent line-item veto because it wasn't implicit in the Constitution.
    • The Fiscal Responsibility Act is a balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out-of-control Congress.
    • Would like to see a line-item veto that passed constitutional muster.
    • The line-item veto caught the state's medical device industry by surprise.
 
 

Definition of line-item veto in US English:

line-item veto

(also item veto)
noun
  • The power of a president, governor, or other elected executive to reject individual provisions of a bill.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I used the line-item veto 943 times and was never overridden once.
    • He even managed to pass a line-item veto, which would have allowed the President to cut pork from the Congress's legislation, had it not been declared unconstitutional.
    • One of the least happy days in my life was telling the President that he could not exercise an inherent line-item veto because it wasn't implicit in the Constitution.
    • In late July, he signed the new state budget and used a line-item veto to eliminate a $1 million increase to the California Arts Council.
    • In fiscal matters, for example, many state governments, unlike the federal government, require a balanced budget and allow the governor a line-item veto.
    • Would like to see a line-item veto that passed constitutional muster.
    • The Fiscal Responsibility Act is a balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out-of-control Congress.
    • The line-item veto caught the state's medical device industry by surprise.
    • Mr Smith of Georgia largely ignored local concerns in favor of high-minded issues such as the line-item veto.
    • The Governor has line-item veto over the bill, but it is uncertain what her status may be, as she reportedly is in line for a Cabinet position in the administration.
 
 
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