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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] Congress did not give the executive a line item veto. This bill was already signed into law by the president in total. Apparently now he has the discretion to declare the spending not to be "emergency" as the bill said. In doing so he does not have to spend the money. According the N.Y. Times: [QUOTE]To resolve a conflict between the administration and Congress over spending levels, lawmakers made a list of $5.1 billion in projects contingent on Mr. Bush's declaring them emergency spending in 30 days. To maintain pressure, Congress said that Mr. Bush would have to accept all or none of the projects, that he could not pick and choose among ones he supported and those he did not.[/QUOTE]Other areas of spending according to the [URL=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/14/national/14SPEN.html]article[/URL] included: [QUOTE]$600 million for the National Guard and Reserves, $273 million for the Coast Guard, $165 million for the F.B.I., $25 million to equip military aircraft with radios to communicate with civilian jets and $50 million for equipment to ensure that emergency agencies can communicate, a problem on Sept. 11[/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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