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In United States government, the line-item veto, or partial veto, is the power of an executive authority to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually a budget appropriations bill, without vetoing the entire legislative package. The line-item vetoes are usually subject to the possibility of legislative override as are traditional ...
Most recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on February 8, 2012, that would have granted the President a limited line-item veto; however, the bill was not heard in the U.S. Senate. [10] The most-commonly proposed form of the line-item veto is limited to partial vetoes of spending bills. [3]
The governor of Puerto Rico has a reduction veto in addition to the package and line-item vetoes. [57] The legislature can override any of these vetoes by a two-thirds majority of each chamber. [52] [34] The governor has had the line-item veto since 1917. [45] The governor also has a pocket veto, which cannot be overridden. [52]
The California governor’s decision not to sign the bill into law also comes one day after former President Donald Trump slammed the legislation during a speech at the Economic Club of New York ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Friday that would have allowed some undocumented immigrants to qualify for up to $150,000 in state-backed home loans.
In a rare victory for liberty in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom refused to sign into law Senate Bill (S.B.) 961, which would have required every passenger vehicle after the 2030 model year to beep ...
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).
Still, the governor vetoed a raft of bills on the final day of the designated “veto break” period, ending with 21 bills completely vetoed and six different bills with line-item vetoes.