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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.
There are three options for Congress after a bill has been vetoed or refused to be signed: 1  Congress has the option to rewrite the bill, repass it, and send a revised version back to the president. 2  Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds roll-call vote of the members present in both the House and the Senate. If a bill is not sent back to Congress after ten congressional working days, it becomes law without the president's signature.