“Seeking to reassert his party's scuffed reputation for fiscal conservatism, President Bush yesterday proposed a law giving him authority to veto individual items in legislation as a way to curb fast-growing federal spending.” (Washington Post, Tuesday)
He hasn't used the power he already has.
FEE Timely Classic
“The Line-Item Veto Won't Work” by Cecil E. Bohanon and T. Norman Van Cott