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Vetoing bills / Derek Miller.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: How government works (Cavendish Square)Publisher: New York, NY : Cavendish Square, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 64 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781502641595
  • 1502641593
  • 9781502641588
  • 1502641585
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What is a veto? -- Who vetoes bills? -- Vetoes in action -- What happens next?
Summary: At both the state and federal level, vetoing laws is an essential form of checks and balances. Vetoing Laws demonstrates the ins and outs of how laws are vetoed, what happens after a veto, and why wielding vetoes has both symbolic and tangible implications. The book also employs primary sources to describe the origin of the veto, in accordance with the aims of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards. Modern examples of vetoes are included, such as President Obama's veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 352.235 M647 Available 33111009679966
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At both the state and federal level, vetoing laws is an essential form of checks and balances. Vetoing Laws demonstrates the ins and outs of how laws are vetoed, what happens after a veto, and why wielding vetoes has both symbolic and tangible implications. The book also employs primary sources to describe the origin of the veto, in accordance with the aims of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards. Modern examples of vetoes are included, such as President Obama's veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

At both the state and federal level, vetoing laws is an essential form of checks and balances. Vetoing Laws demonstrates the ins and outs of how laws are vetoed, what happens after a veto, and why wielding vetoes has both symbolic and tangible implications. The book also employs primary sources to describe the origin of the veto, in accordance with the aims of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards. Modern examples of vetoes are included, such as President Obama's veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is a veto? -- Who vetoes bills? -- Vetoes in action -- What happens next?

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