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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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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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President George W. Bush has vetoed twelve bills. There have been 2,5631presidential vetoes since 1789. ... 1. The 2,560 total does not correspond to the numbered presidential vetoes. The total does not include veto number 182 (H.R.4476, 70th Congress), a pocket veto of President Grant omitted because, "...It was not...
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Overview and history of the Presidential veto in the United States. ... This is a comprehensive listing of Presidential vetoes (What is a veto?) of legislation enacted by Congress, from 1789-2005. For more current data, see a comparison of modern presidents or the vetoes of G.W. Bush.
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Should both houses of Congress successfully vote to override a presidential veto, the bill becomes law. According the the Congressional Research service, from 1789 through 2004, only 106 of 1,484 regular presidential vetoes were overridden by Congress.
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There are two types of vetoes available to the President. The "regular veto" is a qualified negative veto, which is limited by the ability of Congress to muster the necessary two-thirds vote of each House for constitutional override. ... Home Art & History House History Presidential Vetoes...
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Pages in category "U.S. Presidential Vetoes" ... This category contains only the following page. ... Cleveland's Veto of the Texas Seed Bill...
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