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Q: What is the ability to forbid a bill or a law from being passed?
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What is it called when a president rejects a bill passed by Congress and sends it back to Congress?

The rejection of a bill is commonly called "vetoing" the bill. "Veto" is Latin for "I forbid".


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veto means a president can reject a bill that congress is trying to pass To answer, I will give you the definition according to the official Merriam-Webster website. 1ve·to 1: an authoritative prohibition : interdiction 2 a:a power of one department or branch of a government to forbid or prohibit finally or provisionally the carrying out of projects attempted by another department ; especially : a power vested in a chief executive to prevent permanently or temporarily the enactment of measures passed by a legislature b (1): the exercise of such authority (2): a message communicating the reasons of an executive and especially the president of the United States for vetoing a proposed law