veto

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veto /ˈvi toʊ/ ?

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(n) a vote that blocks a decision
(n) 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) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
(v) command against

Their attempt to override Bush on children's health care is just the start of a campaign to dare the President to veto other bills.
After Congress passes a bill, the President has ten working days to veto it, says the Constitution.
The pocket veto is a minor but useful weapon in the President's arsenal.

"My biggest frustration remained the president's unwillingness to wield his veto against out-of-control spending," Greenspan wrote in his book.
on Feb 16, 2005 By: Alan Greenspan Source: Baltimore Sun
The Senate bill, Bush said, "is very similar to legislation I vetoed last year. This bill crosses a moral line that I and many others find troubling. If it advances all the way through Congress to my desk, I will veto it," the president said in...
on Apr 10, 2007 By: President Bush Source: International Herald Tribune
"The president could veto it, but then he wouldn't have any money," Murtha told an anti-war group in an interview broadcast on movecongress.org.
on Feb 15, 2007 By: John Murtha Source: ABC News