What is one power that most governors have that the president does not have?

Answer 1

Governors can veto state bills, but nothing besides a state bill. The president has the power to veto any law or bill that is present.

The president can veto only a federal bill, one that was passed by Congress, and he can only veto the entire bill -- he can't pick the parts he likes and dislikes.

Governors can veto only state bills, passed by that state's legislature. Some governors have the line-item veto. They can veto the parts of a bill they object to, and let the rest become law.

Answer 2

prez -> congress

Governor -> bicameral

mayor->city council

The President can veto an entire bill. Congress can make it law anyway by passing it again with a 2/3 majority.

Some governors have a line-item veto, meaning that they can veto a portion of a bill and let the rest become law. Of course, they can also veto the entire law.

Presidents (plural) have been asking Congress for the line-item veto for years, but Congress has not approved it.

Answer 3

The answer differs from state to state. Most, but not all, U.S. states have a provision by which legislative decisions can be vetoed by the governor. In addition, most of these states allow the governor to exercise a line-item veto. In seven U.S. states, the governor has an amendatory veto. For example, in Illinois, the governor can make specific recommendations for changes to a bill. The state legislature can then approve the changes by majority vote, or override the amendatory veto with a 60% majority. No law is passed if the legislature does not accept the changes. At present, the President of the United States does not have the line-item or amendatory veto.

There are other differences between the veto process at he federal and state levels. If the President does not approve a bill, he must return the bill, unsigned, within ten days, excluding Sundays, to the house of the United States Congress in which it originated, while the Congress is in session. The President is constitutionally required to state his objections to the legislation in writing, and the Congress is constitutionally required to consider them, and to reconsider the legislation. This action, in effect, is a veto. The time frame of ten days applies to the President, but may differ from state to state where the governor is concerned.

If the Congress overrides the veto by a two-thirds majority in each house, it becomes law without the President's signature. In some states, a three-fourths majority is required to override a governor's veto.

A bill can also become law without the President's signature if, after it is presented to him, he simply fails to sign it within the ten days noted. If there are fewer than ten days left in the session before Congress adjourns, and if Congress does so adjourn before the ten days have expired in which the President might sign the bill, then the bill fails to become law. This procedure, when used as a formal device, is called a pocket veto. The pocket veto is not an option for all state's governors.

Answer 4

The line item veto in an appropriations t bill is the power you have in mind. Such a power lets the governor strike single items without vetoing the whole bill. Without such power, the legislature can pass a bill that contains necessary expenditures along with useless "pork" and the governor either has to allow the useless expenses or else veto something that the state must have have .

Answer 5

no, governors didn't have veto powers like president

Answer 6

Bicameral :)

Answer 7

a line item veto

Answer 8

Line item veto