00 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9                                                                                           
01 Supporting line item veto power for the President of the United States.                                                 
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03  WHEREAS the governors of most states may exercise a line item veto power whereby                                       
04 they may strike or reduce items in appropriation bills; and                                                             
05  WHEREAS the governor of the State of Alaska has the line item veto power and has                                       
06 frequently exercised that power; and                                                                                    
07  WHEREAS the line item veto has proven to be a valuable tool in controlling the                                         
08 budget in Alaska, enabling the governor to reduce or eliminate certain appropriation items                              
09 while leaving funding for other items intact; and                                                                       
10  WHEREAS the national deficit continues to grow despite efforts to control deficit                                      
11 spending by the United States Congress; and                                                                             
12  WHEREAS, if the President of the United States could exercise a line item veto over                                    
13 appropriations, the level of spending by the federal government would be more easily                                    
14 controlled;                                                                                                             
01  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature  supports efforts to amend the                                        
02 United States Constitution to grant the President of the United States the power to exercise                            
03 a line item veto over appropriations.                                                                                   
04  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the                                
05 United States; the Honorable Al Gore, Vice-President of the United States and President of                              
06 the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives;                             
07 and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and                                  
08 the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in                                       
09 Congress.