: the power of a government executive to veto specific items in an appropriations bill without vetoing the bill altogether
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebAll bills that include spending proposals are considered appropriations bills, which the governor can line-item veto. Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 The House also overrode Beshear's line-item veto of House Bill 243 — the legislative branch budget bill — which struck state legislators from being eligible for the same 8% raise. Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 13 Apr. 2022 This is a good policy that too few states emulate, and Florida taxpayers can be grateful that their Governor has a line-item veto and is willing to use it. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 June 2022 State officials had planned a $132 million rehabilitation of the property, but Gov. Greg Abbott used his line-item veto to strike it from the state budget in 2015. Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2022 Some state governors have a line-item veto; the Supreme Court has held the president can’t exercise one. Josh Blackman, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022 Groundwork Ohio, an early childhood education advocate, championed the $639 million that will go to child-care providers, as well as the line-item veto.cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021 But a future court order, and an old law, could change that The governor has line-item veto authority on budget bills. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2021 The Senate’s proposals, which passed by a party-line, 25-8 vote, still have to survive talks between House and Senate budget negotiators, as well as avoid a potential line-item veto from DeWine. Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 15 June 2021 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1979, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
line-item veto
noun
: an executive veto of a specific item in an appropriations bill