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Clinton signs the Line Item Veto Act

President Clinton signed the Line Item Veto Act, giving the president authority to rescind specific items of new direct spending and limited tax benefits in appropriations bills.

Clinton signs the Line Item Veto Act

The law expanded presidential budgetary power and was a major development in fiscal politics, though the Supreme Court later struck down the statute in Clinton v. City of New York (1998).

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