How to Use veto-proof in a Sentence

veto-proof

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• The measure passed the state House and Senate with veto-proof majorities.
  — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
• The Senate voted 30–7 for the measure, a veto-proof majority, and so could override Beshear’s move as soon as next week.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
• Two Democrats voted for the bill in the Kansas House last week, giving lawmakers a path to a veto-proof majority in that chamber.
  — Andrew Bahl, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
• Neither chamber passed the bill with a veto-proof majority.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• That will first require getting the Kansas Senate, which passed a new version of the flat tax earlier this year with a veto-proof majority, on board.
  — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• Their efforts have been buttressed after obtaining a veto-proof majority in the House in April—thanks to the defection of a Democrat.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 3 July 2023
• The Legislature passed the measure March 20 with a veto-proof majority.
  — CBS News, 25 Mar. 2023
• In the next election, Republicans won a veto-proof supermajority in the State Senate and came within two seats of one in the Assembly.
  — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
• The bill, which fell short of a veto-proof majority, is similar to a measure vetoed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly last year.
  — Jenna Barackman, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
• In North Dakota, similar bills to restrict transgender athletes have passed the House this session with veto-proof majorities.
  — Trisha Ahmed, ajc, 23 Mar. 2023
• The bills passed North Dakota’s legislature with veto-proof majorities before heading to Burgum’s desk.
  — Heather Hamilton, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2023
• The Senate passed a provision in the 2021 defense bill mandating a naming commission by a veto-proof majority, negating Trump’s threats to reject the legislation.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
• Republicans don't have a veto-proof supermajority in the Assembly, and any override would require three Democrats to join all Republicans in an override vote.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2023
• Cooper, a Democrat who is term-limited from seeking reelection in 2024, made blocking veto-proof majorities a top priority in last fall’s campaigns.
  — Gary D. Robertson, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• The legislation passed both chambers earlier this month without veto-proof majorities.
  — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
• On Monday, Idaho's state legislature passed the legislation with a veto-proof majority to reinstate a firing squad as the state’s backup method of execution for death row inmates.
  — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
• Republicans failed to achieve a veto-proof supermajority in the Assembly in the November election, so any veto override would require three Democrats to join all Republicans in an override vote.
  — Jessie Opoien, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
• The Idaho Senate on Monday passed a bill with a veto-proof majority that would restore firing squads as a backup execution method when lethal injection is unavailable or becomes unconstitutional.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
• Knodl’s victory will give Republicans a veto-proof supermajority in the Senate.
  — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• North Carolina Republicans have wasted no time with their new veto-proof legislative majorities, introducing a flurry of bills this week focusing on transgender issues that were previously dead-on-arrival.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2023
• But a party-switch from one state representative has handed North Carolina Republicans a veto-proof supermajority.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 13 May 2023
• Experts say the GOP’s veto-proof, supermajority margin in the legislature has been inflated by Republican lawmakers drawing district lines to maximize their majority, most recently last year, in a process known as gerrymandering.
  — Kevin Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 20 Aug 2024