Now that the line-item veto has passed through both houses of Congress, it is expected that President Clinton will sign the bill, which will give the executive branch the power to cross out select lines of the federal budget, rather than vetoing the entire budget. We have a discussion about the implications of the passage of line-item veto...about its effects on the balance of power between executive and legislative branches, and if indeed it will help the president balance te budget. Linda talks with Robert Reischauer (RYESH-how-er), a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, as well with James Thurber, director for the Congressional and Presidential Studies at Amercian University.
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