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Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised July 19, 2006
Report Number IB89148
Authors Virginia A. McMurtry, Government and Finance Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

In recent years conflicting budget priorities and divided political control have accentuated the institutional tensions between the executive and legislative branches inherent in the federal budget process. President Bush, like his recent predecessors, has called for an item veto, or possibly expanded impoundment authority, to provide him with greater control over federal spending. This report provides a brief history of impoundment and discusses the debate surrounding the line item veto.