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January 19, 2016: Vetoed S.J.Res. 22, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. [41]
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.
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, such as in state, provincial or local government ...
The president can – with certain limitations – call into federal service all or individual units of the National Guards and naval militias of the states to either supplement regular forces, assist state governments in the case of rebellion or insurrection, or to enforce federal law when such enforcement is impracticable by normal means.
By Monday night, Reeves vetoed a total of eight pieces of legislation this year consisting of bills to appropriate funds to several projects throughout the state, move money between state agencies ...
Newsom’s veto record stayed largely the same over last year.
In 2014, Governor Jay Nixon of Missouri vetoed 33 bills that were passed by both the Missouri state House and Senate. Although Missouri state law provides the Missouri House with ten days of veto session, the Missouri General Assembly did not discuss all 33 vetoes, but instead brought up mostly vetoed laws pertaining to budget related issues. [12]
Here are all 19 vetoes and overrides in North Carolina in 2023, from guns to abortion to election laws. NC Republicans overturned Gov. Cooper vetoes 19 times in 2023. Here’s what the laws do.