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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 .
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.
It also includes a veto of the section of House Bill 8 that would exempt gold and silver from the state’s 6% sales tax. “If you own gold, you can afford to pay sales tax,” Beshear wrote.
The White House on Tuesday noted the delay as one of the reasons Biden planned to veto the bill if the House passed it. A White House spokesperson reaffirmed Biden's plans to veto the bill ...
President Joe Biden and key Democrats have come out against a once broadly bipartisan bill that would create 63 new permanent judgeships now that President-elect Donald Trump would be the one to ...
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 ...
The House approved a bill Thursday that would create dozens of additional judicial seats over the next several years, sending it to President Biden’s desk after his administration levied a veto ...
Congress had sustained Roosevelt's previous veto of an earlier version of the bill in 1935, called the Patman Greenback Bonus Bill. The President addressed a joint session of Congress to deliver his veto message. As he concluded his speech, he handed the unsigned bill to the Speaker of the House. Within an hour the House overrode the veto by a ...