The new president, Ricardo Lagos, should start his term by vetoing this cynical proposal.
Obama, who started out saying settlements must stop, ended up vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution to that effect.
A good place to start would be to veto whatever stimulus bill eventually makes it out of Congress.Mr Bush's first year has brought unwelcome surprises and genuine accomplishments.
France and the other 26 European nations have the power to veto the start of the trade talks, but France is digging in its heels on protecting its film and television industries from foreign competition.
Last year the Poles vetoed the start of talks on a new EU-Russian co-operation agreement, because of a year-long Russian embargo on Polish meat exports, imposed seemingly out of spite.
That removes one of the last big obstacles to Russia's membership, although Georgia and Moldova, both of which are suffering Russian sanctions, have yet to confirm their agreement.Less than two weeks before a planned Russia-EU summit, Poland vetoed the start of talks covering energy, trade and human rights.
Ms Rousseff's options have now run out: no further attempts at line-item vetos are possible, and vetoing the bill entirely would leave the government unable to re-start oil auctions, as it wishes to do later this year.
Increasingly, they are vetoing it.
Republicans will vote Wednesday on a repeal-only bill, similar to legislation that was vetoed at the start of 2016, and that bill, too, is expected to go down.
