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  2. Veto power in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A bill that is passed by both houses of Congress is presented to the president. Presidents approve of legislation by signing it into law. If the president does not approve of the bill and chooses not to sign, they may return it unsigned, within ten days, excluding Sundays, to the house of the United States Congress in which it originated, while Congress is in session.

  3. Legislative veto in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Veto - Wikipedia

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    US President Ronald Reagan signing a veto of a bill. A veto is a legal power to unilaterally stop an official action. In the most typical case, a president or monarch vetoes a bill to stop it from becoming law. In many countries, veto powers are established in the country's constitution. Veto powers are also found at other levels of government ...

  5. Biden says he’ll veto bill that would let Trump ... - AOL

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    The White House said Tuesday that Biden would veto the bill – passed unanimously by the Senate this summer and set for a House vote this week – that would add judgeships to the most ...

  6. List of United States presidential vetoes - Wikipedia

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    If the president vetoes a bill, the Congress shall reconsider it (together with the president's objections), and if both houses of the Congress vote to pass the law again by a two-thirds majority of members voting, then the bill becomes law, notwithstanding the president's veto. (The term "override" is used to describe this process of ...

  7. Top Biden ally 'disappointed' by president's veto on bill to ...

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    As a result, the White House is now vetoing this bill." ... It passed the Senate with unanimous consent, however, meaning no Republicans objected to the legislation's advancement.

  8. Pocket veto - Wikipedia

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    A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver that allows a president or other official with veto power to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action ("keeping it in their pocket" [1]), thus effectively killing the bill without affirmatively vetoing it. This depends on the laws of each country; the common alternative is that if the president ...

  9. Helene: Aid package of $227M goes through on veto override - AOL

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    The General Assembly can override with a three-fifths vote, meaning minimums of 30 in the Senate, 72 in the House. For context, there were 35 vetoes before Cooper took office. There were 16 ...