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WASHINGTON - Congress was supposed to regain the right of veto even though it was declared unconstitutional two decades ago, Finance Minister Steve Mnuchin said on Sunday , without giving any idea of how legal objections could be lifted. ,
Mnuchin defended the decision of President Donald Trump to sign on the bill of the government 's spending $ 1.3 trillion despite much resistance on Fox News Sunday . After approval on Friday the bill, the so-called Trump vetoed items that would allow it to veto special provisions of the bill without veto it.
After Mnuchin repeated this position, moderator Chris Wallace noted that the Congress, after the Congress decided to do so in the mid-1990s, declared it unconstitutional.
"Congress could adopt a rule, OK, which allows' the right of veto," Mnuchin said.
Wallace informed him that it would really require a constitutional amendment, a much more serious uprising.
"We do not have to enter a debate ... there are several ways to do that," Mnuchin said, refusing to name one of them.
He then criticized the Democrats for most of the spending increases on national programs in the bill signed by Trump, which provoked a flood of criticism from legislators and conservative commentators. They expressed their deep disappointment at the fact that Trump had not rejected the entire bill, which would have led to a suspension of payments.
It is unlikely that Congress will attempt to revive the veto of the article approved by former President Bill Clinton and used to remove the provisions of some laws. A federal judge ruled in 1998 that he violated the procedural provisions of the constitution and made the balance of power difficult. The Supreme Court upheld this decision in the same year.
Since then, former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have asked Congress to restore authority. No succeeded.
Trump said Friday he would never sign a bill like the highway, which was approved by a convention run by his own party in both houses. Trump said the Senate should eliminate obstructionism and prevent most bills from coming in without 60 votes.
Trump is unlikely to succeed on this front, namely: his own party is opposed to changing the rule of systematic disability.
- This article originally appeared on HuffPost .
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