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The President (Executive Branch)
Shayne Stokes
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What happened when president Johnson vetoed ( refused to sign ) radical reconstruction laws?
Congress passed the acts over his veto. (APEX)
Who can use a veto to check congress?
The president can veto a bill that congress has passed.
What is the chief of the US?
; "Chief Legislator The President of the United States is also the chief legislator. He can recall Congress into a special session. He may veto the bills passed by Congress, and use his influence on his colleagues in Congress to get a bill passed or proposed. Again, all of his actions are limited by other branches of government: Congressmen do not have to pass any laws during the special session, Congress can override the president's veto by a two-thirds majority, and no one in Congress must succumb to the president's pressure." - http://library.thinkquest.org/11492/convention/powers.html
What happened when president Johnson vetoed radical reconstruction laws?
congress passed the acts over his veto
The President can veto laws passed in Congress true or false?
Yes, he can veto laws passed in Congress, but then Congress can vote again, and if they get a sufficient number of votes, can override the president's veto.
Can Congress veto a passed law by the president?
Congress cannot veto a law. Any law must be written and passed by Congress in the first place. The president can then veto it. Congress can override the veto with a 2/3 majority. After a law is passed, the Supreme Court can strike it down if they declare the law unconstitutional.
An act of congress which has been signed by the president or passed over his veto?
Laws are acts that are signed by the president of passed by Congress over his veto.
What action can congress take to check the power of a presidential veto of a boll?
veto a bill passed by congress
Who can veto a law passed by congress?
The President
What is a presidential check of Congress?
A president can veto a bill that is passed by Congress
The president can veto a law passed by congress but the congress can then override his veto This is an example of?
this would be an example of checks and balances.
Can the president veto bills that the congress has passed?
yes
