Trump will govern without Congress
March 16, 2019
President Donald Trump’s first congressional veto was more than a milestone: It signals a new era of ever more fraught relations between the two ends
Trump vetoes Congress’ rejection of his emergency declaration
March 15, 2019
President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding. Flanked by
Veto override stung Obama
September 29, 2016
The White House saw it coming, but still it stung. When President Barack Obama was hit with the first veto override of his presidency on
Senate overrides Obama veto
September 28, 2016
The Senate acted decisively Wednesday to override President Barack Obama’s veto of Sept. 11 legislation, setting the stage for the contentious bill to become law
Dems, GOP vow to override Obama veto
September 24, 2016
Democrats and Republicans are vowing to decisively override President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill to allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the
N.C. Senate overrides veto of gay union opt out
June 4, 2015
A measure that would allow some public officials in North Carolina to opt out of performing gay marriages moved closer to becoming law on Monday,
No Senate override of Obama union veto
May 6, 2015
The Senate on Tuesday sustained President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill that would have scrapped a new government rule on union elections. It marked
Obama uses his veto club to roil Congress
January 23, 2015
President Barack Obama has a telling hit list. The veto threats that he’s issued over the last three weeks are a microcosm of American politics,
New Congress gets quick veto threat from Obama
January 7, 2015
In a blend of pageantry and politics, Republicans took complete control of Congress for the first time in eight years Tuesday, then ran straight into