-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Jim Ray wrote:

Further, has anyone else noticed a deafening silence on the subject of a (supposedly) wished-for line-item veto power of presidents? It seems to me that the Dornan and CDA-type provisions of huge bills are line- items, aren't they?

No. Line-items refer to budgetary allocations. If it were part of a budget bill that allocated monies, then a line-item veto could zap it. Those folks really *don't* want a line-item veto now that a different party could use it. I doubt it would ever be more than a rhetorical tool since it would limit the allocated pork... even be used as a form of political blackmail. ObCrypto: None. Rob. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMR6YDSoZzwIn1bdtAQGJNQGAnu5thLwYKNLS/jowaZSwIzQltUCSbgg7 H7D2XDVIJuf/gvpt/cV3R/6VcwE4tvCb =TtYy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----