Tag: LI
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Litvinov Agreement
The Litvinov AgreementThe executive agreement attained its modern development as an instrument of foreign policy under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, at times threatening to replace the treaty-making power, not formally but in effect, as a determinative element in the field of foreign policy. The …
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Line Item Veto
The Line Item Veto (Presentation of Resolutions)For more than a century, United States Presidents had sought the authority to strike out of appropriations bills particular items&emdash;to veto "line items" of money bills and sometimes legislative measures as well. Finally, in 1996, Congres…