Discuss the U.S. president's veto power.

What will be an ideal response?

Answers will vary. The president can veto a bill passed by Congress. Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds vote by the members present in each chamber. The result of a veto override is that the bill becomes law against the wishes of the president.If the president does not send a bill back to Congress after ten congressional working days, the bill becomes law without the president's signature. If the president refuses to sign the bill and Congress adjourns within ten working days after the bill has been submitted to the president, however, the bill is killed for that session of Congress. This is called a pocket veto.Presidents used the veto power sparingly until the administration of Andrew Johnson (1865-1869). Johnson vetoed twenty-one bills. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) vetoed more bills by far than any of his predecessors or successors in the presidency. During his administration, there were 372 regular vetoes, 9 of which were overridden by Congress, and 263 pocket vetoes.Presidents have often argued in favor of a line-item veto that would enable them to veto just one (or several) items in a bill. In 1996, Congress passed and President Clinton signed a line-item veto bill. In 1998, though, the Supreme Court concluded that the bill was unconstitutional.