(Page 1) THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1993 LINE ITEM VETO MEETING 11:15 A.M. – S-230 (Checkmark) Dole (Checkmark) Gramm (Checkmark) Lott (Checkmark) McCain (Checkmark) McConnell Packwood - late (Checkmark) Burns (Checkmark) Coats (Checkmark) Craig (Checkmark) Gregg - no (Page 2) THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1993 LINE ITEM VETO MEETING 11:15 A.M. – S-230 Dole Gramm Lott McCain McConnell Packwood Burns Coats Craig Gregg (Page 3) SUBJECT: Line item veto DATE: ¾ TIME: 11:15- LOCATION: S-230 REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP Senator Position Invited Yes No Cochran Conference Dole Republican Leader (Checkmark) (Checkmark) Gramm Senatorial Committee (Checkmark) (Checkmark) Lott Conference Secretary (Checkmark) (Checkmark) Nickles Policy Chairman Simpson Asst. Republican Leader RANKING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Senator Committee Invited Yes No Chafee Environment Cohen Special Aging Danforth Commerce Domenici Budget D’Amato Banking Hatfield Appropriations Hatch Judiciary Helms Foreign Relations Kassebaum labor Lugar Agriculture McCain Select – Indian affairs (Checkmark) (Checkmark) McConnell Ethics (Checkmark) (Checkmark) Murkowski Veterans’ Affairs Packwood Finance (Checkmark) (Checkmark) late Pressler Small Business Roth Gov’t Affairs & Jt. Econ Stevens Rules & Administration Thurmond Armed Services Wallop Energy Warner Intelligence REPUBLICANS Bennet Gorton Bond Grassley Brown Gregg Y Burns WCB Kathy Jeffords Coats Y Kempthorne Coverdell Mack Craig Y Smith Durenberger Specter Faircloth DEMOCRATS Akaka Kerrey Baucus Kerry Biden Kohl Bingaman Krueger Boren Lautenberg Boxer Leahy Bradley Levin Breaux Lieberman Bryan Mathews Bumpers Metzenbaum Byrd Mikulski Campbell Mitchell Conrad Moseley-Braun Daschle Moynihan DeConcini Murray Dodd Nunn Dorgan Pell Exon Pryor Feingold Reid Feinstein Riegle Ford Robb Glenn Rockefeller Graham Sarbanes Harkin Sasser Heflin Shelby Hollings Simon Inouye Wellstone Johnston Wofford Kennedy OTHERS: PF1.020 (Page 4) SUBJECT: DATE: TIME: LOCATION: REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP Senator Position Invited Yes No Cochran Conference Dole Republican Leader Gramm Senatorial Committee Lott Conference Secretary Nickles Policy Chairman Simpson Asst. Republican Leader RANKING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Senator Committee Invited Yes No Chafee Environment Cohen Special Aging Danforth Commerce Domenici Budget D’Amato Banking Hatfield Appropriations Hatch Judiciary Helms Foreign Relations Kassebaum labor Lugar Agriculture McCain Select – Indian affairs McConnell Ethics Murkowski Veterans’ Affairs Packwood Finance Pressler Small Business Roth Gov’t Affairs & Jt. Econ Stevens Rules & Administration Thurmond Armed Services Wallop Energy Warner Intelligence REPUBLICANS Bennet Gorton Bond Grassley Brown Gregg Burns Jeffords Coats Kempthorne Coverdell Mack Craig Smith Durenberger Specter Faircloth DEMOCRATS Akaka Kerrey Baucus Kerry Biden Kohl Bingaman Krueger Boren Lautenberg Boxer Leahy Bradley Levin Breaux Lieberman Bryan Mathews Bumpers Metzenbaum Byrd Mikulski Campbell Mitchell Conrad Moseley-Braun Daschle Moynihan DeConcini Murray Dodd Nunn Dorgan Pell Exon Pryor Feingold Reid Feinstein Riegle Ford Robb Glenn Rockefeller Graham Sarbanes Harkin Sasser Heflin Shelby Hollings Simon Inouye Wellstone Johnston Wofford Kennedy OTHERS: PF1.020 45 MIN. McConnell McC Gramm Kregg + Craig Coats Lott, Packwood Burns (Page 5) TO: Senator Dole FROM: Kathy Ormiston SUBJECT: Line Item Veto Meeting McCain vs. Craig There are two major enhanced rescission/line veto bills. The Stenholm/Craig bill is a weaker version, providing for 20 day expedited consideration of a President’s rescission bill with a MAJORITY, the money has to be spent. This bill passed in the House 312 to 97 in October. The Coats/McCain bill is a stronger version. If the president vetoes a rescission disapproval bill, Congress would have to override with a 2/3rds vote to force the money to be spent. This bill lost in the Senate 40-56 in September. As you can imagine, there is a little bit of tension between Senator McCain and Senator Craig. Both are trying to get support for their bills from various groups around town by trashing the other’s bill. Timing Senator McCain wants to do his bill on the Motor Voter Bill, because he is afraid the Stenholm/Craig bill may be passed in the House and sent over to the Senate. Senator McCain fears that would make the Coats/McCain less relevant. Senator Coats and Senator Craif would like to wait on a vote, because they think they may be able to pick up more votes if the enhanced rescission is added to debt limit or the supplemental.