Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to authorize the line item veto.

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the President, in the case of any bill, order, resolution, or vote, to decline to approve in whole any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority or any item of new direct spending.

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Timeline

1. 25 June 1998

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 June 1998

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 June 1998

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 30 June 1998

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 25 June 1998 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 June 1998

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 June 1998

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 25 June 1998

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Sponsors

• Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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