line-item veto
noun
: the power of a government executive to veto specific items in an appropriations bill without vetoing the bill altogether
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DeSantis said his line-item vetoes will boost the state’s budget surplus to $17 billion, money the state will need if there’s a killer storm this season.
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Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
Parson made 173 line-item vetoes worth approximately $1 billion and approximately $1.9 billion wasn’t allocated.
—Joe Mueller | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024
Beshear made several line-item vetoes to the bill that address minor errors of language in the bill.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
DeSantis’ line-item vetoes, determined in secret and released without explanation, perpetuate the perception that his vetoes are arbitrary and petty, motivated only by a desire to hit a statistical target that’s important to him politically.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
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Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
Parson made 173 line-item vetoes worth approximately $1 billion and approximately $1.9 billion wasn’t allocated.
—Joe Mueller | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024
Beshear made several line-item vetoes to the bill that address minor errors of language in the bill.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
DeSantis’ line-item vetoes, determined in secret and released without explanation, perpetuate the perception that his vetoes are arbitrary and petty, motivated only by a desire to hit a statistical target that’s important to him politically.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
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