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Presidential power to veto legislation

Mark Rathbone discusses how some US presidents have exercised their power to veto legislation more than others

President Bill Clinton used the line-item veto for the first time in history on 11 August 1997
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Edexcel AS Politics, presidency and society in the USA 1968–2001

Veto powers: a battleground

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