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Then Democratic President Harry Truman vetoed the legislation, as a president has the power to do under the Constitution.
 
Then Democratic President Harry Truman vetoed the legislation, as a president has the power to do under the Constitution.
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The Republican Congress then exercised its power under the Constitution to ''override'' the veto, by a 2/3rds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate to enact the law.  As a result, the Taft-Hartley Act has remained in effect with good results ever since.
    
== Not a Democracy ==
 
== Not a Democracy ==
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