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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 ...
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
And the bill received a unanimous vote in the Senate in August. ... to veto the bill if the House passed it. A White House spokesperson reaffirmed Biden's plans to veto the bill following the vote ...
But the outgoing Democratic president made good on a veto threat issued two days before the bill passed the Republican-led House of Representatives on Dec. 12 on a 236-173 vote. In a message to ...
A veto override in the Senate needs 20 votes, and 24 Republicans backed the bill in December. “It has been a horrible, horrible roller coaster," said Melissa McLaren, of Lancaster, whose 18-year ...
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]
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.