A Bill Becomes a Law
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Unit 13
 
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Stats, Quirks, and Examples

Unit 13

 

Attempts to Override Vetoes

SOURCE: Harold Stanley and Richard Niemi ,Vital Statstics on American Politics ,2003-2004 (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press), p. 260.

 

Unit Introduction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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