[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 26 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 26

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                    relative to the line item veto.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 27, 2005

  Mrs. Dole introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                    relative to the line item veto.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. Congress shall have the power to enact a line-item 
veto.''.
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