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  2. Veto power in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Paul Ryan and Russ Feingold introducing a line-item veto bill in 2007. In 1996, the United States Congress passed, and President Bill Clinton signed, the Line Item Veto Act of 1996. This act allowed the president to veto individual items of budgeted expenditures from appropriations bills instead of vetoing the entire bill and sending it back to ...

  3. List of United States presidential vetoes - Wikipedia

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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).

  4. Veto - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Powers of the president of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, Congress gave President Bill Clinton a line-item veto over parts of a bill that required spending federal funds. The Supreme Court, in Clinton v. New York City, found Clinton's veto of pork-barrel appropriations for New York City to be unconstitutional because only a constitutional amendment could give the president line-item veto ...

  6. Explainer-How Trump could bypass the Senate to install his ...

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    President-elect Donald Trump has said he might install his picks for top administration posts without first winning approval in the U.S. Senate. This would erode the power of Congress and remove a ...

  7. Divided government in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Many presidents' elections produced what is known as a coattail effect, in which the success of a presidential candidate also leads to electoral success for other members of their party. In fact, all newly elected presidents except Zachary Taylor, Richard Nixon, and George H. W. Bush were accompanied by control of at least one house of Congress.

  8. Biden issues first veto after Congress passes measure to ...

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    President Joe Biden issued his first veto since taking office, rejecting a bipartisan measure that would nullify a new administration rule for retirement plans.

  9. White House says Biden would veto spending bills for ... - AOL

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    The administration said President Biden would veto the bills if they reached his desk — an unlikely scenario, given the House legislation would also need to get through the Democratic-controlled ...