Synonym: deny, refuse. Similar words: have to, have to do with, veteran, inveterate, give thanks, active transport, let off, get out. Meaning: ['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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91. President Clinton supports most of the bill, but has pledged to veto it if the education amendment is included.
92. China has threatened to use its veto power in the Security Council.
93. This is the perspective from which we should approach the novel constitutional questions presented by the legislative veto.
94. A subsequent vote in the Senate failed to achieve the two-thirds majority necessary to overturn a presidential veto.
95. If the president can be induced to veto Dole legislation,(http://sentencedict.com/veto.html) that claim will look stronger still.
96. But President Reagan could still veto my science-education bill that appears too expensive for his taste and priorities.
97. The new law also empowered parliament to veto any government decision on direct links within 30 days.
98. But President Clinton has threatened a veto if it contains the Gallegly amendment.
99. The veto must be authorized by statute and may only negate what an Executive department or independent agency has proposed.
100. The bill fell well short of the 291 votes required to override a veto.
101. Clinton vetoed the bill after being lobbied by trial lawyers, but Congress overrode the veto.
102. As a result of the president's veto the inner-cities program will not now go ahead.
103. As in the 29 other instances, an attempt by Congress to override the veto failed to muster the required two-thirds majority.
104. But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim.
105. Time and again action by the Security Council was blocked by the veto power of the Soviet Union and other permanent members.
106. Solicitors had feared the veto might limit their new rights, but the framework restricts the judges' room for manoeuvre.
107. The two houses would have absolute veto rights over each other.
108. Pete Wilson yesterday, drawing a strongly worded veto but defining the battle lines after months of debate and anguished decisions.
109. The president, with his veto power, blocked these reactionary schemes.
110. The Republican governor, Arne Carlson, has promised to veto the bill.
111. He has instead decided to settle for being the first president to use the line-item veto.
112. President Clinton has said he will veto any attempt to overturn the ban.
113. On Wednesday, Byrd quoted Cicero and Aristotle in a long oration on the evils of the line-item veto.
114. The following day he threatened to veto the law again and, if necessary, to dissolve parliament.
115. And throughout they dominated the State Council, the upper house endowed with effective veto powers over Duma proposals.
116. He denied allegations that a threatened boycott of Idaho potatoes by pro-choice advocates had influenced his decision to veto the bill.
117. His veto on our drinking after the meal was annoying.
118. Accordingly, over the past five decades, the legislative veto has been placed in nearly 200 statutes.
119. Accordingly, on Oct. 22, Bush carried out his threat to veto the bill.
120. Authors should have the power of veto over blurbs - the book deserved a better one than this.
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