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Sentence count:221+4Posted:2016-11-07Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: denyrefuseSimilar words: have tohave to do withveteraninveterategive thanksactive transportlet offget outMeaning: ['vɪːtəʊ]  n. 1. a vote that blocks a decision 2. the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature). v. 1. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent 2. command against. 
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61. Unfortunately, the line-item veto is one of those dumb ideas that took on a life of its own.
62. Under current law, the president is required to either sign or veto in its entirety any legislation that reaches his desk.
63. The Congress must decide whether to exercise its veto or not.
64. Although the chief executive can veto legislation, the legislature can override that veto.
65. The veto override is scheduled for a House vote next Tuesday where it is expected to pass.
66. If Congress and the administration are to avoid a head-on clash, and a presidential veto,(http://sentencedict.com/veto.html) a compromise must be struck.
67. I will veto any attempt to repeal the assault weapons ban or the Brady bill.
68. The Senate would have the power to veto legislation affecting Melanesians, but would have restricted powers over financial legislation.
69. The president has the right to veto any piece of legislation.
70. If the president vetoes their decision, both chambers must then muster a two-thirds vote to override the veto.
71. The measure gives presidents the power to veto specific spending projects or tax breaks within a bill without vetoing it altogether.
72. The Senate failed by a single vote to override this veto.
73. Participants may read the transcript and, if they are unhappy, can veto release for a time.
74. The difference is that last year George Bush promised to veto the bill, and did so.
75. President Clinton called attention to the broader issues with his veto of the balanced budget act.
76. The Louisiana House of Representatives immediately voted to override his veto, by 73 votes to 31.
77. Suggestions in the bill for an independent panel of experts to be given the power of veto over the research were rejected.
78. The bill gives four senior judges and the Lord Chancellor a veto over rules for solicitor advocates.
79. Losing the majority in the Bundesrat, which may veto tax legislation, is a nuisance but not a disaster.
80. The trouble with the proposal was that under no circumstances would the United States give up its ultimate veto on the bombs.
81. It remains to be seen whether the line-item veto will control spending.
82. The only question is whether opponents can muster enough votes to sustain a promised presidential veto.
83. N., the national agencies held veto power, giving them a privileged status befitting their clout and status.
84. His veto message is significant because it makes it even harder for lawmakers to equalize school funding.
85. John KitzEaber, a Democrat, also threatened to veto any measure that eliminated the certificates.
86. Congress recently enacted restrictions on such lawsuits, over the veto of President Clinton.
87. Republicans acknowledge little hope of getting enough votes to override a Clinton veto.
88. The measure, which becomes law Jan. 1, no longer allows a city council to unilaterally veto a secession proposal.
89. The longer I live, the harder I shall fight against the rule of unanimity and the veto.
90. However, the effect of requiring unanimity means in practice that any one constituent body has a right of veto.
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