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Strike Out the Line Item Veto

The U.S. Supreme Court did not say the line-item veto is constitutional when it declined to take up the issue in 1996; it merely said it could not take up the case until the issue is properly brought before it; that is, by someone with proper "standing." It's still an issue!

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Rep. Newt Gingrich, 58th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives60

Did the Voters Buy a GOP Pig in a Poke?

Newt Gingrich, the freewheeling loose cannon who was elected Speaker of the House in 1995, used his position to lord it over the Democrats by bulldozing his so-called "Contract With America" through the lower legislative body of Congress. In the end, it failed.

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Porky Pig would be ashamed to be a Pig today!

Here are the 10 TOP "PORKY" pork earmarksĀ  that some people do not know about (or may but refuse to acknowledge): 10. $1.7 million for a honeybee lab (wonder if they'll get STUNG on this on...lol) 9....

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