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Veto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A veto , Latin for "I forbid", is used to denote that a certain party has the right to stop unilaterally a piece of legislation. In practice, the veto can be absolute (as in the U.N. Security Counci...
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List of United States presidential vetoes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word veto does not appear in the United States Constitution, but Article I requires every bill, order, resolution or other act of legislation by the Congress of the United States to be presented...
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This brief examination of executive privilege and the presidential veto is, in a great measure, an examination of the said political powers on behalf of and for the benefit of all those who have either renounced their use of their reasoning powers or surrendered to the legal tyranny that Precedent is sufficient in and...
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In practice, the veto can be absolute (as in the U.N. Security Council, whose permanent members can block any resolution) or limited (as in the legislative process of the United States, where a two thirds vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation.) ... 5.1 Presidential veto...
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President Bush used his veto power Wednesday for the first time since taking office 5 1/2 years ago, saying that an embryonic stem-cell research bill "crossed a moral boundary." ... House Republican leaders tried Wednesday evening to override the veto, but that vote was 235 to 193, short of the necessary two-thirds majority.
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As George W Bush uses his veto for only the second time, the BBC News website takes a historical perspective and asks what the step means. ... George W Bush used his veto for the first time on a stem cell bill ... US leader George W Bush has exercised his presidential veto for only the second time in seven years of office.
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