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Ronald Reagan signing a veto in 1988. In the United States, the president can use the veto power to prevent a bill passed by the Congress from becoming law. Congress can override the veto by a two-thirds vote of both chambers. All state and territorial governors have a similar veto power, as do some mayors and county executives.
The legislative veto provision found in federal legislation took several forms. Some laws established a veto procedure that required a simple resolution passed by a majority vote of one chamber of Congress. Other laws required a concurrent resolution passed by both the House and the Senate. Some statutes made the veto process more difficult by ...
Congress can override the veto via a 2/3 vote with both houses voting separately, after which the bill becomes law. [85] The president may also exercise a line-item veto on money bills. [85] The president does not have a pocket veto: once the bill has been received by the president, the chief executive has thirty days to veto the bill.
The White House said Tuesday that Biden would veto the bill – passed unanimously by the Senate this summer and set for a House vote this week – that would add judgeships to the most ...
The veto overrides now head to the Republican-controlled Assembly, though the leaders have not indicated whether that house will return for a floor session to take up the measures.
If approved by two-thirds of the Senate, the override would be the first of Trump’s presidency. The Democratic-controlled House voted Monday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a ...
The president could veto the disapproval, but the Congress, by a two-thirds vote in each House, could override the veto. In the case Clinton v. City of New York , the Supreme Court found the Line Item Veto Act unconstitutional because it violated the Presentment clause.
The house may debate and amend the bill; the precise procedures used by the House of Representatives and the Senate differ. A final vote on the bill follows. Once a bill is approved by one house, it is sent to the other, which may pass, reject, or amend it. For the bill to become law, both houses must agree to identical versions of the bill. [6]