Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the U.S. President should have line item veto authority as a federal budget tool to help control the national debt. The line item veto would allow the President to veto specific provisions of a bill but enact the rest. The episode aired on Wednesday, December 11, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.