Word: vetoes
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Romney is expected to veto the bill on grounds that he opposes the latter...
...Travaglini, Romney’s opposition will likely not affect the bill’s passage into law because both the Senate and the House approved the stem cell initiative on a margin in excess of the two-thirds minimum needed to override Romney’s expected veto...
...accept the legitimacy of any such far-reaching agreements achieved on this basis. Sistani himself never accepted the TAL, and urged that it be changed by an elected Iraqi body, not simply because its authors had been a U.S. occupation authority but because he rejected the de facto veto it gave to the Kurds. Sistani has begun sending increasingly urgent exhortations to the Assembly to get on with forming a government...
...increasingly scarce supplies in the Middle East and elsewhere. Some of the geopolitical consequences are already clear: China has committed itself to a long-term investment of up to $70 billion in Iran's oil and natural gas fields, which makes it highly likely that Beijing would veto any UN Security Council effort to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear activities...
...contentious political issues such as “right to die,” abortion, and doctor-assisted suicides. They miss, however, that the very fact that Congress is legislating to affect the outcome of a state legal battle sets quite a precedent itself. The possibility of a legislative veto on every contentious state court case is a scary proposition indeed...