Veto power faces test as Clinton uses line item tool
The Orange County Register notes President Clinton exercised the line item veto on three budget items, signaling a constitutional test for the tool. The piece compares it to tuning a piano, arguing the mechanism could refine spending without broad harm, while acknowledging potential risks to executive power and the need for possible constitutional amendment.
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Democrats Refocus Beliefs, Clinton Modernizes Party
A Fabrizio poll finds Democrats split between old and new factions, with two thirds backing a balanced budget and tax cut deal and a majority favoring less bureaucratic government. It suggests Clinton strengthened the party and may affect Gephardt's 2000 bid. Carl Leubsdorf reports from Washington.
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Senate moves to ban computer games on government PCs
Madeleine Begun Kane notes the Senate approved a Treasury and general government bill amendment barring government computers from games and forbidding new game laden machines. She questions cost saving claims while joking a senatorial game install in the Senate to keep policymakers busy.
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Salt of the Earth Faith and Atticus Finch Inspiration
A pastor extols being the salt of the earth, linking Jesus teachings to modern perseverance under pressure. He cites Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird as a model of witness under persecution, urging readers to live with integrity and courage.
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