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The All-or-Nothing Veto

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The presidential veto is all-or-nothing: the president signs or vetoes an entire bill, never a part.

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A bill with one objectionable line must be vetoed whole or accepted whole.

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The all-or-nothing rule invites Congress to bundle what a president would separately refuse.