Who vetoes bills?

Who vetoes bills?

• A. The President
• B. The Governor
• C. The Secretary of State
• D. The Chief Justice

Answer: (A)

Veto power is the executive check on legislation: the President can reject a bill passed by Congress and send it back with objections. This stops the bill from becoming law unless Congress votes to override the veto with a two-thirds majority in both the House and the Senate. If Congress can’t override, the bill dies. There are related ideas at the state level, where governors have a similar veto authority over state laws, but the Secretary of State handles duties like records and elections, not vetoing laws, and the Chief Justice doesn’t veto laws either—it’s the judiciary that reviews laws for constitutional issues.

Veto power is the executive check on legislation: the President can reject a bill passed by Congress and send it back with objections. This stops the bill from becoming law unless Congress votes to override the veto with a two-thirds majority in both the House and the Senate. If Congress can’t override, the bill dies. There are related ideas at the state level, where governors have a similar veto authority over state laws, but the Secretary of State handles duties like records and elections, not vetoing laws, and the Chief Justice doesn’t veto laws either—it’s the judiciary that reviews laws for constitutional issues.