Word: vetoes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
WASHINGTON--The Senate approved, 63-36, and sent to the White House a sweeping trade bill yesterday, but supporters fell short of the two-thirds victory margin needed to override a threatened presidential veto...
Democrats tried to win over at least 14 Republicans and thus gain a veto-proof margin. They ended up with 11 GOP senators while losing one Democrat, retiring Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.), who was conerned about the bill's changes in the Foreign Corrupt Practices...
...Reagan administration lobbied until the last minute to avoid a recurrence of its defeat last week when the House passed the trade bill by a margin large enough to override a veto...
Reagan renewed his veto threat and promised to work later for a milder version in a letter Tuesday to Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas...
...another issue, the president was asked about a trade bill under consideration on Capitol Hill. Reagan said he would veto it if it reached his desk in its present form...