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grandempire02/19/20253 repliesview on HN

Im not being facetious. That’s a good example. So in that case the president has a final yes/no, but no authority to rewrite.

So maybe congress has a kind of veto power here?


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sdenton402/19/2025

Congress has lots of power, it's a question of whether they do anything. Currently the Republicans are uniformity falling in line with the authoritarian executive orders, even those that abrogate well established congressional powers.

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masfuerte02/19/2025

It's not a final yes/no. A two-thirds majority in both chambers can overrule the presidential veto. For example:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55510151

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cowfriend02/19/2025

yes.