line-item veto

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They craft the state budget and have a line-item veto to eliminate legislative appropriations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Franken has contacted the Kansas governor’s office in hopes she will line-item veto the specific criteria, which he said “create a kind of anti-competitive environment.”

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024

At the time, Abbott's office defended his line-item veto and his request to review agency rules as measures that were within his constitutional authority.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2022

For instance, most states provide governors the power of the line-item veto.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

And tonight I ask you to give me what 43 Governors have: Give me a line-item veto this year.

From State of the Union Address by Reagan, Ronald