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Veto

The power of one person or body to prohibit a course of action chosen by another.  In a political context, "veto" usually refers to the power of a chief executive to block or complicate passage of a legislative bill by refusing to sign it into law.

Article One, Section Seven of the U.S. Constitution gives the President veto power over all bills passed by the Congress.  Congress can override the President's veto by passing the bill again with a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and House of Representatives.

 

 [A]fter a bill has passed both Houses of Congress, but “before it become[s] a Law,” it must be presented to the President. If he approves it, “he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it.” Art. I, §7, cl. 2. His “return” of a bill, which is usually described as a “veto,” is subject to being overridden by a two-thirds vote in each House.

Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998)