COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Congress is taking another crack at cutting government waste. They are trying to again pass a plan that lets the president single out wasteful spending and stop it.

At the statehouse in Columbus, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft has a line-item veto. It lets him reject any individual expenditure of taxpayer money that he feels is wrong or a waste of money.

Now, Congress is working on a similar plan for Washington. Under the plan, the president could veto any individual expenditure in a bill, and it would go back to Congress, which would override the veto with a simple majority vote.

It has the potential of stopping things like unnecessary highway construction and other pet projects from politicians. They cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

Congress tried to pass this plan once before in 1998, but the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the plan.

The new plan is designed to pass constitutional challenges brought up in that first fight.

President George W. Bush and the group Citizens Against Government Waste are strong supporters of the plan.

While the line-item veto has passed the House, it faces an uncertain future in the U.S. Senate.