Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to authorize the line item veto.
Latest action · Sep 21, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 21, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the President, in the case of any bill, order, resolution, or vote presented to the President by the House of Representatives and the Senate, to decline to approve in whole any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, any item of new direct spending, or any tax benefit.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 21, 2005 to Feb 28, 2006, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Sep 21, 2005 |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-LA | Rodney Alexander | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| R-NH | Jeb Bradley | Feb 14, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Katherine Harris | Feb 14, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Charles W. Norwood | Feb 28, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2005Introduced in House
- Sep 21, 2005Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
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- Sep 21, 2005Introduced in House
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