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By Robert Longley. A presidential veto is the rejection of a bill passed by the majority votes of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. While Congress can vote to override a presidential veto, causing the bill to become law without the president's approval, this is rarely done. More often than not, the threat of presidential veto is sufficient motivation for Congress to modify the bill prior to its final passage.
If the President vetoes the law (or refuses to sign it, and the Senate adjourns in less than 10 days, called a pocket veto), the Congress can override it, but it takes a 2/3 majority of both houses to achieve that. If the veto is overridden, the bill becomes the law of the land.