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Twelve vetoes, including one veto whose status is disputed (Bush claimed it was a pocket veto; the Senate considers it to have been a regular veto): July 19, 2006: Vetoed H.R. 810 , Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 , a bill to ease restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research .
The presidential veto power provided by the 1789 Constitution was first exercised on April 5, 1792, when President George Washington vetoed a bill outlining a new apportionment formula. [22] Apportionment described how Congress divides seats in the House of Representatives among the states based on the US census figures.
An amendatory veto or amendatory observation returns legislation to the legislature with proposed amendments, which the legislature may either adopt or override. The effect of legislative inaction may vary: in some systems, if the legislature does nothing, the vetoed bill fails, while in others, the vetoed bill becomes law.
The number of vetoes could rise as lawmakers pass more bills during veto session. In 2023, Kelly vetoed 17 bills . The Legislature overrode eight vetoes, and nine were sustained.
Still, the governor vetoed a raft of bills on the final day of the designated “veto break” period, ending with 21 bills completely vetoed and six different bills with line-item vetoes.
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 ...
Evers vetoed two bills that would have overhauled how residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities could cast ballots, and for voters who are determined to be incompetent. The ...
The Muscle Shoals Bill was designed to build a dam in the Tennessee River and sell government-produced electricity. Congress passed bills to harness energy from the Tennessee River, but presidents Coolidge and Hoover insisted that private enterprise should do the job, and vetoed the bills.