American Government / Unit 8 Gov 366 short lesson, about 20 seconds
ERROR: "The President Can Veto Part of a Bill"
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The idea
The claim that the president can veto part of a bill is false: Congress created a line-item veto in 1996; the Supreme Court struck it down in 1998.
In practice
The episode is the proof — the power required a statute, which did not survive.
Where people slip
What Gov 331's override answers is always the whole bill.
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