Checks and balances
A bill meets a veto
Imagine both houses of Congress pass a bill. The President returns it with objections, a decision called a veto. What can happen next?
An imagined federal lawmaking example, not a scene from the book.
Step 1 of 3: Choose
Can the bill still become law?
Constitutional source
National Archives, Constitution transcript, Article I, Section 7. This activity considers a returned bill, not the separate rules for a bill the President leaves unsigned.
Read Article I, Section 7 at the National Archives