During Clinton Administration, Dems fought against expansion of powers

[berni_mccoy]

I noticed this when someone asked about the difference between line-item-veto vs. singing statements by Bush. Both are unconstitutional.

When Clinton was granted expanded power to Line Item Veto in 1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Item_Veto_Act_of_1996), TWO DEMOCRATIC senators LED THE CHARGE to have the law OVERTURNED because they felt the law gave too much power to the executive branch. The eventually succeeded in 1998 in a bipartisan effort to overturn the law.

When will republicans do what's right for their country instead of blindly following a fascist dictator? Wait, wait, don't tell me, NEVER! Becuase republicans don't care about DEMOCRACY.

[Greeby]

1. Roll call

http://www.nationalcenter.org/Raines.html <--------the case that went before the Supreme Court

Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)
The late Senator Daniel Patrick Monyihan (D-NY)
Senator Mark Hatfield (R-OR) Very liberal Republican, retired in 1996
Congressman David Skaggs (D-CO) Retired 1999
Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA)

:patriot:

[berni_mccoy]

2. Thanks! I didn't see that list in the wiki article

More dems than repubs

[Greeby]

3. This guy was nothing like current Repubs

According to his wiki article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hatfield