Line Item Veto

This is actually a great idea. For those of you who don't know, when a bill is passed by the Senate, it goes to the President to sign into law. However, as many of you know, many items are tacked on at the last moment in hopes that the President will sign off on it because he wants to pass one particular part of the bill. For example, a budget bill might be passed with an additional law stating that purple people can smoke weed on Sundays. The budget needs to be passed, but if he doesn't sign it as is, it goes back to the Senate. This can hold up the government for a long period of time, and during which, we don't have a budget.


So, if the President is allowed line item vetoing, then he can say "I'll sign off on the budget, but purple people aren't smoking weed unless it's on Wednesday." This allows the budget to go through, but the purple people will have to work on a separate bill. This has many good repercussions and should be passed. However, this particular bill only mentions taxes and budgetary items, and should be amended to allow the President to line item veto anything that comes across his desk.

I am unsure though about amending the Constitution. It is a sacred document to me and should be messed with as little as possible. However, I am unsure if they can pass this into Federal law without amending the Constitution.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com