line-item veto

(līn′īt′əm)

executive power to reject a section of a bill, esp. one containing specific appropriations, without vetoing the whole bill

See line-item veto in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Authority, as of a government executive, to reject provisions of a bill individually. Also called item veto.

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