For Immediate Release                Daytime contact: Alexa Moutevelis 202-467-5318
September 26, 2006                    After hours contact: Tom Finnigan 202-253-3852

**Media Alert**

Press Conference on Line Item Veto Sept. 27

Washington, D.C. The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) will hold a press conference in support of the Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 (H.R. 4890) on Wednesday, September 27.  CCAGW will be joined by Rob Portman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget.   

What:    Press Conference on Line Item Veto
Who:     Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
When:  Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. EST
Where: National Press Club, 13^th floor, Zenger Room
            529 14th Street NW
            Washington, DC 20045
       
In addition to Rob Portman and CCAGW Vice President David Williams, speakers will include John Berthoud, President of the National Taxpayers Union, Brendan Steinhauser, Grassroots Manager of FreedomWorks, Lisa De Pasquale, CPAC Director for the America Conservative Union, Stephen Ellis, Vice President of Programs for Taxpayers for Common Sense, and Michelle Korsmo, Excecutive Vice President of Americans for Prosperity.  Refreshments will be served.

There will be a conference call-in for reporters who are unable to attend in person.  To participate, call 512-597-6483 shortly before 10:00 a.m.  Access code: 655896# 

The press conference will call on Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to bring H.R. 4890 to the floor for a vote.  On June 22, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4890 by a vote of 247-172.  The bill would allow the President to propose the elimination of individual spending items and special tax breaks in legislation.  Congress would then have 14 legislative days to vote on the President’s requested rescissions.  Congress can override the President’s vetoes with a simple majority in the House and Senate.  CCAGW has collected more than 23,000 petitions in support of the line-item veto.  

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government. 

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