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==Item Veto==

==Item Veto==

Authority to veto part rather than all of an [[appropriation]]s act. The President does not now have item-veto authority. He must sign or veto the entire appropriations act. The item veto sometimes is referred to as a line-item veto.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/item_veto.htm] US Senate Reference</ref>

More popularly known as a line-item veto, this provides the authority to reject part of an [[appropriation]]s act.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/item_veto.htm] US Senate Reference</ref> Line-item vetoes are not permitted on other types of legislation.

Supporters of a line-item veto hold that it would allow the president to act as a limit on government spending, and prevent the common practice of using appropriations bills to hold unpopular amendments that cannot then be voted down without rejecting the entire bill. Opponents claim that it would give the president excessive power, allowing him to deprive departments of funding at will without the approval of Congress.

 

The President of the United States, however, does not have this authority.  Supporters of a line-item veto hold that it would allow the president to act as a limit on government spending, and prevent the common practice of using appropriations bills to hold unpopular amendments that cannot then be voted down without rejecting the entire bill. Opponents claim that it would give the president excessive power, allowing him to deprive departments of funding at will without the approval of Congress.

==Pocket Veto==

==Pocket Veto==