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line-item veto  

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  • The power of a chief executive to reject parts of an approved bill without rejecting the entire bill. The veto is a blunt tool for executive influence because it is an all or nothing matter. [Source: Student's Guide to the Presidency; Line-Item Veto]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/line-item_veto

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