In United States government, the line-item veto, or partial veto, is the power of an executive authority to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually a budget appropriations bill, witho
Clinton signing cancellation letters related to his Line-Item Vetoes for the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, August 11, 1997
In the United States, Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution provides that the president can veto bills passed by the Congress before they become law, while also sending the bill back to its chamber
Line-item veto in the United States
…such as Louis Fisher, believe the line-item veto would give presidents too much power over government spending compared with the power of the Congress. State by state chart of veto powers Veto power in Illinois…
Ronald Reagan signing a veto in 1988
Political cartoon regarding Calvin Coolidge's veto of the McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill
Paul Ryan and Russ Feingold introducing a line-item veto bill in 2007