Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “House Appropriations Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) expressed concern Wednesday that granting line-item veto authority to the White House would cut into Congressional powers, potentially handing the executive branch the legislative authority to set a politically motivated agenda on Capitol Hill. Testifying before the House Rules subcommittee on legislative and budget process, Lewis said he is concerned the proposed Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 would give the president the means to use the House and Senate floors to forward his political desires, as the measure would allow the administration to introduce spending rescission messages that require Congressional votes.” See also this Roll Call oped by Scott Lilly.