Veto Definitions

Veto (V)--Power vested in the Executive to prevent permanently or temporarily the enactment of measures passed by a legislature.

Pocket-Veto (PV)--An indirect veto of a legislative bill by the Executive through retention of the bill unsigned until after adjournment of the legislature.

Line Item Veto (IV)--In government, the line-item veto is the power of an executive to nullify or "cancel" specific provisions of a bill, usually budget appropriations, without vetoing the entire legislative package. The line-item vetoes are usually subject to the possibility of legislative override as are traditional vetoes.

Veto Override (VO)--Congressional enactment of a measure over the executive's veto. A veto override requires a recorded two-thirds vote of those voting in each house.

Amendatory Veto (AV)--An act making appropriations for a fiscal year for maintenance of the Departments, Boards, Commissions, and Institutions.

Reduction Veto (RV)--Double-Tongued Dictionary: A growing lexicon of fringe English, focusing on slang, jargon, new words, and more.

Conditional Veto--Discouraging major companies from doing business, thereby eliminating the creation of new jobs, facilities and all the associated economic benefits.

Style and Form Veto (SF)--An act to revise the definition of the periods of service.