line-item veto
Partial bill rejection
A line-item veto is the power to reject specific provisions of a bill while approving the rest.
Most U.S. state governors have this authority over budget legislation, allowing them to strike individual spending items without vetoing an entire appropriations bill.
The U.S. president lacks this power—Congress briefly granted it in 1996, but the Supreme Court struck it down as unconstitutional.
The governor used her line-item veto to eliminate funding for the bridge project.
Amount owed, written
- amendmentChange to official text
- appropriations billLegislation authorizing government expenditures
- spending billLaw authorizing government expenditures
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
statute · omnibus · rider · earmark · pork barrel · clause · passage · enactment
Elected leader of nation
- governorState's chief executive
- signingInscribing one's name
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
deletion · rescission · impoundment · executive authority · approval · disapproval · gubernatorial · chief executive
Constitutional distribution of authority
- checks and balancesConstitutional power-limiting framework
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
- judicial reviewCourts invalidating unconstitutional acts
- Supreme CourtNation's top tribunal
unconstitutional · enumerated powers · federalism · legal challenge · court ruling · invalidation · overreach · founding fathers
bill
Amount owed, written
- amendmentChange to official text
- appropriations billLegislation authorizing government expenditures
- spending billLaw authorizing government expenditures
provision · statute · omnibus · rider · earmark · pork barrel · clause · passage · enactment · authorization
president
Elected leader of nation
strike · deletion · rescission · impoundment · executive authority · approval · disapproval · gubernatorial · chief executive · state constitution
separation of powers
Constitutional distribution of authority
- checks and balancesConstitutional power-limiting framework
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
- judicial reviewCourts invalidating unconstitutional acts
Supreme Court · unconstitutional · enumerated powers · federalism · legal challenge · court ruling · invalidation · overreach · founding fathers · Article I
- California governmentstate constitution, legislature, executive branch, judicial branch, governor
- gubernatorial powersexecutive orders, clemency, pardons, pardon power, appointments
- presidential powersexecutive order, executive power, executive orders, pardon, pardons
- state governmentstate budget, state senate, state legislature, state capitol, state constitution
- vetoes
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
line-item vetosignature
Handwritten name for verification
bill signing · approval · enactment · rubber stamp · ratification
line, item, veto, lines, items, vetoes, lined, lining, liner