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The President of the United States has the authority to veto a bill passed by Congress. This power is outlined in the U.S. Constitution under Article 1, Section 7. If the President chooses to veto a bill, it can still become law if Congress overrides the veto with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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How does the supreme court override the veto by president?
A president can veto a bill that the congress passes and sends to him for his signature and he can refuse to sign it (vetoing it). But the president cannot override vetos. The congress can override president's veto by a 2/3 vote.
The system of checks and balances is best illustrated by the power of what?
The president to veto a bill passed by congress.
When was the first time Congress overrode a presidential veto?
The Congress first overrode a presidential veto - that is, passed a bill into law notwithstanding the President's objections - on March 3, 1845.
What happened when president Johnson vetoed radical reconstruction laws?
congress passed the acts over his veto
What is a Power the Executive Branch has over the legislative branch?
The president can veto any bill that congress submits to him. By refusing to sign a bill into law, the president can prevent a law of which he disapproves. If the president vetoes a bill, the congress can override the veto, but it takes a 2/3 majority vote to accomplish this. This is very difficult.
Who can use a veto to check congress?
The president can veto a bill that congress has passed.
How can the President show disapproval of a bill that has been passed by congress?
The President can show disapproval of a bill that has been passed by congress by vetoing the bill. Congress, however, can override a presidential veto.
Who can veto a reform bill?
Only the president can veto a bill of any kind that is passed by the Congress.
What is a presidential check of Congress?
A president can veto a bill that is passed by Congress
What action can congress take to check the power of a presidential veto of a boll?
veto a bill passed by congress
What does veto a bill mean?
Only the president may veto a bill and if he does it is not passed, however if the bill can get 2/3 of congress to vote yes to the bill then it may be passed. Usually though if a bill is vetoed it is not passed.
What is a bill that is passed over a presidents veto?
The term for re-passing a bill after a veto is called "overriding" a veto. A bill which is passed by a 2/3 super majority vote in both houses of Congress following a Presidential veto is a law.
What is the word for when a president cancels a bill passed by congress?
"veto" is the term. If the President vetoes a bill passed by Congress, it must be passed by a 2/3 majority in both houses to make it law; otherwise it dies.
Can the supreme court veto a bill already passed by congress?
yes
How the president show disapproval of a bill that has been passed by Congress?
He can veto it.
If a president does not approve of a bill passed by congress what can he or she do?
He or she can veto it or turn it down.
What happens with a bill that has been passed by the congress but the congress is in still in session - what does the president do?
Once Congress has passed a bill, the President has 10 days to sign it, and it becomes law, or veto it, and send it back to Congress.If the President does not sign or veto the bill in 10 days, it becomes law without the Presidents signature, if Congress is in session. If the President does not sign or veto it in 10 days, and Congress is NOT in session, it is vetoed, called a pocket veto.
