Verb Congress overrode the President's veto. These new rules override the old ones. Don't let anger override common sense. You must enter a code to override the alarm. She overrode the default settings on her computer.
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Verb
Republicans are a few votes short of the two-thirds needed to override vetoes in both the House and Senate.CBS News, 6 Aug. 2022 Six members of the Board of Supervisors supported the San Francisco measure, meaning the board likely doesn’t have the eight votes needed to override Breed’s veto. Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2022 The Assembly then voted 9-2 to override Bronson’s veto of an ordinance that changes municipal code to formally designate control over Assembly meeting spaces to the Assembly chair. Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2021 The flurry of Friday veto decisions came after Democratic lawmakers rushed a stack of controversial legislation to Hogan’s desk earlier this month to guarantee themselves enough time to override any of Hogan’s objections. Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2022 Despite the governor’s objection to the legislation, Utah Republican lawmakers quickly struck down his veto after whipping the sufficient votes to override. Kim Bojórquez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022 Cox also acknowledged that the Legislature has the votes to override his veto.NBC News, 24 Mar. 2022 Davis was the only Democrat vote to override Cooper’s veto, providing the deciding vote in the Senate needed to pass the bill. Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 14 Mar. 2022 Requiring a 100 percent legislative vote to override probably would be an imbalance of power favoring the governor. John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 7 Mar. 2021
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Perhaps this is a common thing with e-boards, but the ability to have a manual override would have been nice. Zane Pickett, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Although two Republicans in the House and seven in the Senate voted against the measure, Democratic Sen. J.D. Ford of Indianapolis said the override will likely be successful when the Legislature reconvenes for one day Tuesday. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 May 2022 If the governor were to veto the bill, the votes in House and Senate indicate enough support for an override. James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2022 While the veto override effort fell several votes short in the Senate, the Washington post reported, the administration eventually issued an executive order that accomplished Pelosi's goals of protecting the Chinese students in the United States. Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2022 The schools are entering the new year with a $3 million budget deficit, and there are discussions about a property tax override to help close the gap. John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 Under Louisiana state law, an override session is automatically scheduled when a governor vetoes legislation, unless a majority of lawmakers in either chamber say it’s not necessary. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022 With a win from Volland, the Assembly’s moderate-to-liberal-leaning majority of eight members increases to nine, lending additional weight to their veto override power.Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2022 Outside the State House, immigrant workers, families, and other activists braved the rain and wind Thursday morning to support the Senate’s veto override. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1