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handle is hein.crs/crsmthaagwc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 98-157 GOV Updated July 27, 1998 Congressional Overrides of Presidential Vetoes Gary L. Galemore Analyst in American National Government Government Division Summary Background Historically, the veto power granted the President in the Constitution has proven to be an effective tool for the Chief Executive in his dealings with Congress. Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution provides, in effect, that a President needs the vote of only one more than one-third in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to sustain a veto. Congressional procedure and tradition, not the Constitution, have determined that a vote of two-thirds of either or both houses of Congress means a vote of two-thirds of 1 H.R. 1854 was vetoed October 3, 1995. See: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996-Veto Message from the President of the United States (H. Doc. No. 104-122), in Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 141, Oct. 6, 1995, pp. H 9741-9742. H.R. 2492, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, identical to H.R. 1854, passed the House October 31, passed the Senate November 2, and was signed into law on November 19 (P.L. 104-53). Congressional Research Service oe The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web