Original upload date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sun, 07 Nov 2021 16:11:07 GMT
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ), and Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) are reintroducing legislation to create a line-item veto to target wasteful earmarks, improve congres
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sional accountability, and deter lawmakers from inserting Bridges to Nowhere or other frivolous spending into future bills. The legislation would enable the president to single out egregious earmarks in bills that arrive on his desk for signature and send these specific items back to Congress for expedited votes on whether to rescind, or cancel, funding for these provisions. Read more at http://feingold.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=309038
