    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 17 (Monday, April 28, 1997)]
    [Page 577]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on the Supreme Court Decision To Expedite Review of the Line
    Item Veto

    April 23, 1997

        I am pleased that the Supreme Court has granted the Solicitor
    General's request to provide an expedited review of a lower court ruling
    on the line item veto. The line item veto provides a critical tool for
    the President to strike wasteful spending and tax items from
    legislation. Congress took the correct step giving the President this
    authority, and I was pleased to sign the line item veto into law. It is
    my hope that this expedited ruling will clear up any confusion on this
    matter.