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Enacted over the president's veto (14 Stat. 430). March 2, 1867: Vetoed H.R. 1143, an act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States. Overridden by House on March 2, 1867, 138–51 (126 votes needed). Overridden by Senate on March 2, 1867, 38–10 (32 votes needed). Enacted over the president's veto (14 Stat. 432).
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 veto must be adopted by overall majority". [121] A Senate veto can be overridden by an absolute majority vote of the Congress of Deputies. [122] In addition, the government can block a bill before passage if it entails government spending or loss of revenue. [123] This prerogative is commonly called veto presupuestario ("budget veto"). [124
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 ...
President Joe Biden and key Democrats have come out against a once broadly bipartisan bill that would create 63 new permanent judgeships now that President-elect Donald Trump would be the one to ...
The White House said Tuesday that President Biden would veto a bipartisan bill that would create dozens of new judicial seats in the coming years, questioning the motivations behind the bill and ...
"The Security Council veto and Syria: responding to mass atrocities through the "Uniting for Peace" resolution". Indian Journal of International Law. 57 (3): 285– 307. doi: 10.1007/s40901-018-0084-9. ISSN 2199-7411. Sellen, Keith L. (1992). "The United Nations Security Council veto in the new world order". Military Law Review. 138: 187+.
The future of the Chagos Islands and a secretive UK/US airbase is set to be an early flashpoint between Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer as the president-elect seeks to veto the controversial ...