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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 ...
The line-item veto, also called the partial veto, is a special form of veto power that authorizes a chief executive to reject particular provisions of a bill enacted by a legislature without vetoing the entire bill. Many countries have different standards for invoking the line-item veto if it exists at all.
Bích Câu was a 25-year-old Vietnamese immigrant who spoke little English. She was born Trần Thị Bích Câu [9] in Vietnam on May 2, 1978, the first child of Trần Mạnh Kim and Nguyễn Thị Hoàng. She immigrated to the United States in 1997, taking a job at the NUMMI assembly plant in Fremont, California. [6]
After vetoing more than 100 bills passed by the California legislature, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political ambitions are more unclear than ever, writes Jill Filipovic.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have required judges to consider whether a parent affirms their child’s gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions. In ...
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]
“This directly undermines the memory and sacrifice of the 58,220 US soldiers and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers who died in defense of freedom and democracy during the Vietnam War.”