Which of the Following Is True of the President's Veto

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the president's veto power?

• A)Presidents are limited in their use of the veto on legislation directly affecting national security or economic policy.
• B)The threat of a veto has never proven to be enough to make Congress bend to the president's demands.
• C)Congress can usually muster the two-thirds majority in each chamber required to override a presidential veto.
• D)The veto is as much a sign of presidential weakness as of strength,because it arises when Congress refuses to accept the president's ideas.
• E)President Bush used the veto less and less during the course of his presidency so as not to cause his popularity to fall.

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