veto override
Supermajority defeats rejection
A veto override is a legislative action that nullifies an executive's rejection of a bill, allowing it to become law despite the veto.
In the U.S.
Congress, overriding a presidential veto requires a two-thirds majority in both chambers: The Senate fell three votes short of a veto override.
The high threshold makes successful overrides relatively rare.
- supermajorityVote exceeding simple majority
- floor debateLegislative chamber argumentation
- executive powerGovernment's enforcement capacity
- Capitol HillCongressional district and synecdoche
- voting thresholdMinimum votes to decide
quorum · repass · two-thirds majority · amendment · enactment · coalition building · party whip · legislative oversight · checks and balances · bicameralism · separation of powers · balance of power · constitutional authority · two-thirds · parliamentary procedure · legislative debate · roll call vote · vote counting
- legislative actionsvote, floor vote, roll call, voice vote, filibuster
- checks and balanceschecks and balances, separation of powers, impeachment, congressional oversight, executive privilege
- Congress powersspending power, declare war, impeachment, lawmaking, appropriations
- governance reformsconstitutional convention, constitutional court, amendment process, bill of rights, checks and balances
- legislative powerslawmaking, appropriations, impeachment, war powers, advice and consent
- legislative votesyea, nay, aye, ayes, nays