What is a line-item veto?
Q: What is a line-item veto?
A: A line-item veto is the power of the president (or any leader of an executive branch) to reject (veto) certain individual parts ("line items") of a piece of legislation (a bill) without rejecting the whole thing.
Q: Who has the power to use a line-item veto in the United States?
A: Almost all governors (leaders of the U.S. states) are able to use the line item veto, but currently, the President of the United States is not able to use it. The Presidents of Brazil and Belarus can.
Q: Did President Bill Clinton have access to a line-item veto?
A: Yes, he was given it by Congress for a few years until it was declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court.
Q: What are some advantages associated with using a line-item veto?
A: It allows for more control over important pieces of legislation as it allows for unimportant waste to be removed from important bills without completely rejecting them. This way, only what is deemed good can be kept while bad parts can be rejected without having to reject everything else in its entirety.
Q: Why do some people oppose using a line-item veto?
A: Some people believe that it gives too much power over Congress and goes against checks and balances created by US Constitution as well as making bills different than what Congress voted for originally due to individual presidential vetos on certain items within them.
Q: Are there any other countries besides Brazil and Belarus that allow their presidents access to a line-item veto?
A: Not that are mentioned in this text, no.
