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               COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
communication from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:


                                     House of Representatives,

                                 Washington, DC, December 2, 1997.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     The Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to the permission granted in 
     Clause 5 of Rule III of the Rules of the U.S. House of 
     Representatives, I have the honor to transmit correspondence 
     received from the White House on December 2, 1997 at 1:05 
     p.m. and said to contain a letter from the President dated 
     12/2/97 regarding the Line Item Veto Act (H.R. 2267, 
     Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations, FY 1998).
           With warm regards,
                                                   Robin H. Carle,
     Clerk.

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