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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.
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 ...
The Kansas House of Representatives failed to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a Republican tax cut plan on Tuesday.. House Bill 2284 originally passed both the House and Senate a month ago.
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 bipartisan supermajority in the Kansas House voted to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a major tax cut plan. All Republicans voted for the tax package in House Bill 2036, while a majority of ...
The Legislature formally sent House Bill 2036 to Kelly's desk on Monday, meaning Kelly has until April 25 to decide whether to sign, veto or let the package of income, property and sales tax cuts ...
The Kansas House on Friday voted to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a sweeping tax package, which would eliminate one of the state’s income tax brackets, that she called too ...
The House and Senate still must pass an identical bill and present that bill to the president. The president can sign the bill into law or veto it, and Congress can override the president's veto with a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of Congress.