CLINTON VETOES STATE DEPT. BILL, CITES FOREIGN POLICY LIMITS.Byline: Jerry Gray This article is about the football player. For the arranger and composer, see Jerry Gray (arranger). Jerry Gray (born December 16, 1962 in Lubbock, Texas) is a former American Football cornerback who played for the Los Angeles Rams from 1985 to 1991, the The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Complaining that the Republican-led Congress was trying to undermine the White House's foreign policy authority, President Clinton on Friday vetoed a $13 billion State Department authorization bill that would have required substantial spending cuts Noun 1. spending cut - the act of reducing spending cut - the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" and would have forced Washington to give more political support to Taiwan. ``This legislation contains many unacceptable provisions that would undercut U.S. leadership abroad and damage our ability to assure the future security and prosperity of the American people An American people may be:
``It would also restrict presidential authority needed to conduct foreign affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. and to control state secrets, thereby raising serious constitutional concerns.'' The veto sets up another major election-year fight between Clinton and congressional Republicans, who are already locked in political battles over the 1996 budget, over a seven-year plan to balance the federal budget and over tax cuts. |
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