SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — This month’s anticipated showdown over proposed budget cuts in San Diego could prompt Mayor Todd Gloria to invoke a powerful but rarely used tool known as the line-item veto. The ...

President George W. Bush has asked Congress to enact the "Legislative Line-Item Veto Act of 2006." This proposal, sponsored in the Senate by Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and in the House by ...

Line-item budgeting offers decision-makers an incremental, or step-by-step, approach to budgeting. Budget makers can use a line-item budget to make specific decisions, such as changing funding levels ...

Every decision we make should move us toward a future where Rhode Islanders can afford to live, work, and retire here, writes ...

Energy upgrades are supposed to cut your utility bills, not trigger a paperwork headache when you file your 2025 taxes. Yet a quiet change in the rules means one missing line on your contractor’s ...

Health plans are using both new and old methods to deny healthcare providers’ claims, all of which are legally and factually unsupportable. These tactics have repeatedly been rejected by arbitrators ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about businesses creating a more sustainable economic system. While U.S. charitable donations climbed to an estimated $592 ...

One of the reasons given for a line-item veto in Rhode Island is that governors in 44 states have it. Another is that it will reduce corruption. A third is that it will lead to a smaller state budget ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Pres. Bill Clinton explains the rationale for the existence of the line-item veto and explains why he chose to use it for the very first time. The ...