Obama's $400,000 discourse could incite law change

Obama's $400,000 discourse could incite law change

WASHINGTON — Last year, then-president Barack Obama vetoed a bill that would have checked the advantages of past presidents if they took outside compensation of $400,000 or more.

So now that past president Barack Obama has recognized $400,000 for an exceptional Wall Street talk, the patrons of that bill say they'll reintroduce that bill with the desire that President Trump will sign it.

"The Obama false adoration on this issue is revealing," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, manager of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and benefactor of the 2016 bill. "His veto was to a great degree self-serving."


Chaffetz and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, the patron of the sidekick Senate charge, say they will re-introduce the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act this month. The bill would beat presidential advantages at $200,000, with another $200,000 for expenses. Regardless, those portions would be reduced dollar-for-dollar once their outside compensation outperforms $400,000.

The issue isn't a separated one — or if nothing else, it wasn't a year prior. The bill passed both the House and Senate with no confinement, and no veto hazard had started from the White House.

So when Obama's veto came one Friday night continue going July — on the latest day for him to sign or veto the institution — it overpowered authorities. It was the eleventh of Obama's 12 vetoes.

At the time, Obama fought that the bill would have "unintended results" and "compel oppressive and silly weights" on past presidents by obliging them to rapidly lay off staff and find new office space.

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