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Article snippet: MORE’s call for a line-item veto of spending bills is the latest example of his frustration with the rules of Washington. Trump urged Congress to give him the veto power during an event late last week when signing a $1.3 trillion spending bill that included a number of provisions he didn’t like. He also repeated his call for the Senate to end its filibuster rule that means most bills need 60 votes to pass. “To prevent the omnibus situation from ever happening again, I'm calling on Congress to give me a line-item veto for all government spending bills,” Trump said. “And the Senate must end — they must end the filibuster rule and get down to work.” A traditional line-item veto — allowing the president to unilaterally cancel parts of a bill — was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1998. Since then, presidents and members of Congress have pushed other proposals to give the president greater ability to cancel spending programs, but those efforts haven’t been successful. While it’s highly unlikely that Trump would receive powers approximating a line-item veto, allies say the president's calls send a message to his base that he hears their frustrations about excessive spending and the obstacles to enacting his agenda. “He’s showing that he’s concerned with out-of-control spending,” said GOP strategist Ford O’Connell. The omnibus clocked in at more than 2,200 pages, and received a vote in the House less than 24 hours after it was introduced. Many conservative... Link to the full article to read more