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SJRES 38 100th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Constitution and constitutional amendments Constitutional amendments Item veto Presidential powers Presidents and Vice Presidents

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the President to veto items of appropriation.

Introduced: January 28, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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To President
Became law
Feb 9, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.
Jan 28, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 28, 1987
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Permits the President to disapprove any item of appropriation in any Act or joint resolution. Requires the President to return with his objections any disapproved item of appropriation to the House in which the bill originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceedings as other bills disapproved by the President.

What's happening now February 9, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · May 27, 1987
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 28, 1987
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 38: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the President to veto items of appropriation.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-38/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 38: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the President to veto items of appropriation.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-38/.
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S.J. Res. 38, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-38/.
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[S.J. Res. 38: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the President to veto items of appropriation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-38/)
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