line-item budget

基本解釋

Governments through history have learned they can line-item a massive budget, or consider the budget as a whole, which is much faster.
政府部門從歷史中學習到，他們既可以逐項列出大額的預算，也可以從整體上考慮預算，后者要快得多。
Bill Clinton’s bid to seize the pursestrings from Congress in the 1990s with the line-item budget veto was opposed by Mr Byrd in 14 separate one-hour speeches, learned by heart, to slow up debate.
九十年代，比爾·克林頓曾企圖通過項目預算否決權，從國會那里接管財政，被伯德反對，并以分別的14個一小時演講，全部脫稿，拖延了議程。

Nor do we expect pro-growth structural reforms such as repeal of the 1974 budget and impoundment act, the line item veto, pay-go rules to require spending cuts to offset proposed spending increases, scoring reform, or a super-majority vote to pass new entitlements.
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And for some Sarbanes-Oxley remains an expensive line item in the annual budget, even after many years of experience and refinement.
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