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#FridayFact Answer

Today's #FridayFact asked: How many presidential vetoes have been issued?

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• 674
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• 2,574

The correct answer was 2,574. Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution of the United States gives the president of the United States the ability to veto a bill passed by Congress. A veto prevents a bill from being enacted into law. A presidential veto can be overridden by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House. When Congress overrides a veto, the bill becomes law without the president's approval.

HISTORICAL FACTS

As of April 2018, 2,574 vetoes had been issued, and 111 had been overridden in the nation's history.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed 635 bills, the most of any president.

Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Q. Adams, William H. Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and James A. Garfield did not issue any vetoes.