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What can congress do if the president wants a bill passed and congress doesn't?
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∙ 15y ago
Congress can override the President's veto of a bill. They can do so by submitting the bill to both the Senate and the House of Representative for vote and both houses must reach a two-thirds vote in favor of the bill becoming a law.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 16y agoCongress can override a veto which probably ends up passing the bill.
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∙ 11y agoIf the president does not approve a bill, the congress can overide the veto and make the bill a law.
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∙ 14y agoVeto. Either direct veto or pocket veto by leaving the bill unsigned for long enough.
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∙ 14y agoHe can veto it.
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∙ 7y agoveto it
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The president does not tell congress what he wants?
yes
Does the president tell the congress what he wants?
yes
What can congress do if they think the law should still be passed but the president wants to veto a law setting up a program for protection of natural resources?
in us presidant
What happens when congress vetoes a bill the president wants?
Congress doesn't have the power of veto; the President has the power of veto.
When will congress most likely defer to the president?
when it wants to
How does the president check power of the Congress?
Writes bills.
Can the president make any decision he wants?
the president cant make any decision he wants, congress is the one that can. if the president trys to he can get impeached
Can congress write any laws it wants?
They can but it has to be ratified by the president and supreme court. (the Supreme Court has nothing to do with passing laws. They only rule on laws that are already passed.)
If the president wants to make a treaty what has to happen?
Congress has to approve it.
What does the President use to inform Congress about the current status of the country?
whenever he wants to! whenever he wants to!
What if the president does not want the law to pass?
Only Congress can pass laws. so if the president want a law passed he must ask Congress to pass it. He usually has some of what is called political capital that he can spend to get Congress to do what he wants, particularly if he belongs to the majority party in Congress.
Why does congress have powers that the president doesn't?
All branches of law have different powers. This is to prevent any one branch from becoming more powerful than the others. Also, Congress has the power to create statutory law. The President is one man, and if he made statutory law it would be more likely to be a law he wants passed instead of one that the people want passed.
