Military Bill Faces Line-Item Vetoes

President Clinton will make the first extensive use of his new line-item veto authority by striking funding for 30 to 50 projects--worth nearly $300 million--from a $9.2-billion military construction bill that he signed last week, White House officials said. The bill contains 129 projects, sponsored by Democrats and Republicans alike, that the Pentagon did not request, they said. Six of those projects, worth $36 million, are in Mississippi, home to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, and three others, costing $27.4 million, are in Georgia, home of House Speaker Newt Gingrich.