ANTI PORK BARREL ACT

== Legislative Text ==
WRITTEN BY SPEAKER RANDY ECONOMY (CDU-NY)
----101st Congress of the United States
IN BRIEF
To give the President a line item veto to avoid pork barrel spending.
==== Section 1. Name of Bill ====
This Bill will be known as the ANTI PORK BARREL ACT for the duration of this bill, in all debates, and following enactment by the executive branch will carry the same title.
==== Section 2. Findings ====
FINDINGS
# Whereas, legislative earmarks or “pork barrels” raise the deficit and negatively impact all parties except the minority expressly given the benefits of the earmarks
==== Section 3. Line item veto ====
# When presented with a bill passed by Congress, the President of the United States shall have the authority to veto sections or subsections of said bill without vetoing the entire bill as a whole.
## This shall not imply that the President has the power to strike individual words or letters from a given bill.
# Congress shall have the authority to override this veto through a 2/3rd majority vote in both houses.
==== Section 4. Funding ====
TOTAL BILL IMPLEMENTATION COST - $0
== Congressional Votes ==
In the House, the Act passed 44-27-9, with the Christian Democratic Union and Liberty Coalition the main supporters of the bill. In the Senate, however, the Democrats successfully filibustered the Act. Senate Opposition Leader Rachel Reeves (D-Hudson) delivered a speech on the Senate floor decrying the bill: "We must not allow this bill to ever pass not now, not ever", and adding that she would not even support this bill if it regarded a president of her own party. The filibuster was nearly defeated, but Senator Easter Bunny (CDU-Frontier) voted to support the filibuster at the last minutes of voting, giving it just enough votes after Democrat Joe Swanson voted to oppose the filibuster.
Ultimately, the bill failed again after being successfully filibustered in the previous session. 
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