amendatory

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In addition, approximately 30 percent of governors have the power of an amendatory veto, which allows them to send a bill back to the legislature and request a specific amendment to it.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Earlier this month, Gov. Bruce Rauner tried to accommodate those schools by tacking an amendatory veto onto another bill.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2018

The amendatory veto was overturned by the Senate on Sunday.

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2017

However, Rauner objects to the plan and will use his amendatory veto powers to revise and send it back to lawmakers.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2017

Among other measures which failed was the act amendatory of the acts authorizing the refunding of the national debt, which passed the Senate but was not considered by the House.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John