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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.
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 ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A bill that strips power from Democratic elected officials is now law in North Carolina. The North Carolina House voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the measure ...
The Senate also took up a vote on Evers' veto of a bill that gave a framework for the spending of a $125 million "PFAS trust fund" established in the state budget.
Congress can override the veto via a 2/3 vote with both houses voting separately, after which the bill becomes law. [85] The president may also exercise a line-item veto on money bills . [ 85 ] The president does not have a pocket veto: once the bill has been received by the president, the chief executive has thirty days to veto the bill.
The override resolution now heads to the Senate, which will get final say. ... it will mark the first veto rescission of Trump’s presidency — a potentially blistering blow in the final days of ...
The motion to override the veto passed in the Senate with a 30 to 19 vote. It still needs to be taken up by the House, where three House Republicans voted against the bill initially, to become law.
The Democratic-controlled House voted Monday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill. If approved by two-thirds of the Senate, the override would be the first of Trump ...