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How can the US Congress override a President's veto?

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The U.S. Constitution allows Congress to override the President's veto with a two-thirds majority vote of both the House and the Senate.

Novanet - by having at least 2/3 of the House and Senate vote to pass a bill into law even though the President has vetoed it.

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