All 12 Uses of
veto
in
Profiles in Courage
- Bill after bill was vetoed by the President on the grounds that they were unconstitutional, too harsh in their treatment of the South, an unnecessary prolongation of military rule in peacetime or undue interference with the authority of the Executive Branch.†
Chpt 3.6
- And for the first time in our nation's history, important public measures were passed over a President's veto and became law without his support.†
Chpt 3.6 *
- But not all of Andrew Johnson's vetoes were overturned; and the "Radical" Republicans of the Congress promptly realized that one final step was necessary before they could crush their despised foe (and in the heat of political battle their vengeance was turned upon their President far more than their former military enemies of the South).†
Chpt 3.6
- That one remaining step was the assurance of a two-thirds majority in the Senate—for under the Constitution, such a majority was necessary to override a Presidential veto.†
Chpt 3.6
- The temporary and unstable two-thirds majority which had enabled the Senate Radical Republicans on several occasions to enact legislation over the President's veto was, they knew, insufficiently reliable for an impeachment conviction.†
Chpt 3.6
- Over the President's veto Nebraska was admitted to the Union, seating two more anti-administration Senators.†
Chpt 3.6
- Although last-minute maneuvers failed to admit Colorado over the President's veto (sparsely populated Colorado had rejected statehood in a referendum), an unexpected tragedy brought false tears and fresh hopes for a new vote, in Kansas.†
Chpt 3.6
- When Lane voted to uphold Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 and introduced the administration's bill for recognition of the new state government of Arkansas, Kansas had arisen in outraged heat.†
Chpt 3.6
- Early in 1867, Congress enacted over the President's veto the Tenure-of-Office Bill which prevented the President from removing without the consent of the Senate all new officeholders whose appointment required confirmation by that body.†
Chpt 3.6
- The veteran Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, who had defeated Abe Lincoln for the Senate, had drafted much of the major reconstruction legislation which Johnson vetoed, and had voted to censure Johnson upon Stanton's removal.†
Chpt 3.6
- Lamar knew that his speech and vote could not prevent passage of the Bland Bill by a tremendous margin, and its subsequent enactment over the veto of President Hayes.†
Chpt 3.7
- But many believe that the distinguished voice of Charles Evans Hughes, nearly alone but never afraid, and the courageous vetoes by Governor Al Smith of that Legislature's measures for controlling radicalism in the schools, were determining factors in arousing the nation to its senses.†
Chpt 4.10
Definition:
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(veto) to exercise the right to override another's decision by preventing their intended action