Overriding the veto
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- Created on: 05-04-18 17:00
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- Overriding the veto
- The veto is a power vested in the president in Article II, in which he may return an article to Congress unsigned.
- Congress can override the veto by a 2/3rds majority vote in both houses
- Presedential veto
- 'Pocket veto'
- Presidents use the threat of a veto as a bargaining tool with Congress.
- Presidents have to veto the whole bill.
- Clinton - 'line-item veto'
- The president needs only 34 supporters in the senate to win.
- Overriding the veto
- Clinton used his veto 29 times and was overridden twice
- Ford used his veto 48 times and was overridden 12 times.
- Congress don't have to override the veto they can just amend the bill from the suggestions given in the veto from the president.
- The most likely option for Congress s to allow the veto to pass as it would be unable to reach the 2/3rds majority.
- Of the 1,497 veto's passed by the presidents only 110 have been overridden by Congress.
- Clinton used his veto 29 times and was overridden twice
- It is a part of the checks and balances system of the gov.
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