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...hours later reality seemed to sink in. After huddling with aides and advisers, Barry temporarily handed over day-to-day control of the government to City Administrator Carol Thompson, retaining only specific powers, such as the right to sign contracts with the Federal Government and to veto legislation. He postponed announcing his re-election...
...action came a day after the House had voted overwhelmingly to reject Bush's veto, and followed intense lobbying on the part of Bush and former President Richard M. Nixon...
WASHINGTON--In a move decried by Chinese students studying in the United States, the Senate yesterday sustained President Bush's veto of a bill protecting them from deportation after their visas expire...
Senators voted 62-37 to override Bush's veto, four short of the two-thirds necessary...
ARMENIA. Legislators amended the republic's constitution to give the regional legislature primacy over its national counterpart, enabling Armenia to veto national laws that conflict with its interests. The parliament then defied the Kremlin by voting to include in its budget the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, geographically nestled in the republic of Azerbaijan...