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A '''veto''', or '''revisionary check''' is the procedure established under the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] by which the [[President of the United States of America|President]] refuses to approve a [[bill]] or [[joint resolution]] and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. The veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the [[United States Senate|Senate]] and the [[United States House of Representatives|House]].<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/veto.htm] US Senate Reference</ref>

A '''veto''', or '''revisionary check''', is the procedure established under the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] by which the [[President of the United States of America|President]] refuses to approve a [[bill]] or [[joint resolution]] and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. The veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the [[United States Senate|Senate]] and the [[United States House of Representatives|House]].<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/veto.htm] US Senate Reference</ref>

==Veto Override==

==Veto Override==

Authority to veto part rather than all of an [[appropriation]]s act. The President does not now have item-veto authority. He must sign or veto the entire appropriations act. The item veto sometimes is referred to as a line-item veto.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/item_veto.htm] US Senate Reference</ref>

Authority to veto part rather than all of an [[appropriation]]s act. The President does not now have item-veto authority. He must sign or veto the entire appropriations act. The item veto sometimes is referred to as a line-item veto.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/item_veto.htm] US Senate Reference</ref>

Supporters of a line-item veto hold that it would allow the president to act as a limit on government spending, and prevent the common practice of using appropriations bills to hold unpopular amendments that cannot then be voted down without rejecting the entire bill. Opponents claim that it would give the president excessive power, allowing him to deprive departments of funding at will without the approval of congress.

Supporters of a line-item veto hold that it would allow the president to act as a limit on government spending, and prevent the common practice of using appropriations bills to hold unpopular amendments that cannot then be voted down without rejecting the entire bill. Opponents claim that it would give the president excessive power, allowing him to deprive departments of funding at will without the approval of Congress.

==Pocket Veto==

==Pocket Veto==

==References==

==References==

[[Category:United States Senate Terms]]

 

[[Category:United States Government Word Definitions]]