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  2. List of United States presidential vetoes - Wikipedia

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    Enacted over the president's veto (15 Stat. 44). June 20, 1868: Vetoed H.R. 1039, an act to admit the State of Arkansas to representation in Congress. Overridden by House on June 20, 1868, 111–31 (95 votes needed). Overridden by Senate on June 22, 1868, 30–7 (25 votes needed). Enacted over the president's veto (15 Stat. 72).

  3. Veto power in the United States - Wikipedia

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    If Congress overrides the veto by a two-thirds vote in each house, it becomes law without the president's signature. Otherwise, the bill fails to become law. [3] Historically, the Congress has overridden about 7% of presidential vetoes. [4] The votes are made at the qualified majority of the members voting, not of the whole number of the houses ...

  4. Presentment Clause - Wikipedia

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    In overriding a veto, the votes of both houses must be done by "yeas and nays" (also known as a "roll-call" vote), and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill must be recorded. If, while the Congress is in session, the President does not sign a bill or veto it within 10 days (not counting Sundays) after its presentment, then it ...

  5. House sends Biden bill adding judicial seats after veto threat

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    The House approved a bill Thursday that would create dozens of additional judicial seats over the next several years, sending it to President Biden’s desk after his administration levied a veto ...

  6. Veto - Wikipedia

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    United States: At the federal level, the president may veto bills passed by Congress, and Congress may override the veto by a two-thirds vote of each chamber. [62] A line-item veto was briefly enacted in the 1990s, but was declared an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers by the Supreme Court.

  7. US House passes bill to expand judiciary despite Biden veto ...

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    (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to add 66 new judges to understaffed federal courts nationally, a bill that outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden has ...

  8. Impoundment of appropriated funds - Wikipedia

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    The Line Item Veto Act of 1996 gave the president the power of line-item veto, which President Bill Clinton applied to the federal budget 82 times [8] [9] before the law was struck down in 1998 by the Supreme Court on the grounds of it being in violation of the Presentment Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

  9. Biden says he’ll veto bill that would let Trump nominate more ...

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    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 ...