[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 168 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S15192]
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      By Mrs. DOLE:
  S.J. Res. 25. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States relative to the line item veto; to 
the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mrs. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the joint resolution was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                             S. J. Res. 25

       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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