Thesaurus / veto
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They were looking for “electorally generated veto points” — that is to say, elected bodies that could block change.
THE DEFINITIVE CASE FOR ENDING THE FILIBUSTEREZRA KLEINOCTOBER 1, 2020VOXIt took about a year, but they changed that golden-share, that veto power over major transactions into what they called the Public Interest Foundation.
PODCAST: HOW RUSSIA’S EVERYTHING COMPANY WORKS WITH THE KREMLINANTHONY GREENSEPTEMBER 30, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWA state law passed just before Ikrata’s arrival gave the city of San Diego an effective veto at SANDAG.
POLITICS REPORT: AUDIT DAY AT SANDAGSCOTT LEWIS AND ANDREW KEATTSSEPTEMBER 19, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOIf reformers hope to succeed in curbing overpolicing, they will first have to overcome the challenge of underpolicing, which has often allowed officers to exercise an effective veto on reform.
WHAT CAN MAYORS DO WHEN THE POLICE STOP DOING THEIR JOBS?BY ALEC MACGILLISSEPTEMBER 3, 2020PROPUBLICASan Diego needs support from just two other cities to exercise a veto.
POLITICS REPORT: WHO WILL GET THE MIDWAY ROSE?SCOTT LEWIS AND ANDREW KEATTSAUGUST 15, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOGómez had hoped to secure six City Council votes on Tuesday to avoid the prospect of a veto by Mayor Kevin Faulconer and to allow the repayment extension to be enacted immediately.
MORNING REPORT: HOW SAN DIEGO AND LA SET EDUCATION POLICYVOICE OF SAN DIEGOJULY 29, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThe worthy knight not being now alive to veto the project, a figure of him has been placed opposite the College in Edmund Street.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLIt made me furious, too, to see my ambition nipped with the frost of a possible veto from Miss Smawl.
IN SEARCH OF THE UNKNOWNROBERT W. CHAMBERSThis protection was exercised mainly through the use of the veto power given to the tribunes.
THE TWO GREAT REPUBLICS: ROME AND THE UNITED STATESJAMES HAMILTON LEWISAnd this repeal is demanded because a single State interposes her veto, and threatens resistance!
SELECT SPEECHES OF DANIEL WEBSTERDANIEL WEBSTERWORDS RELATED TO VETO
- bohemianism
- breach
- contumaciousness
- denial
- disaffection
- disagreement
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- discordance
- disobedience
- dissent
- eccentricity
- exception
- heresy
- heterodoxy
- iconoclasm
- insubordination
- lawlessness
- mutinousness
- negation
- nonacceptance
- nonagreement
- noncompliance
- nonconsent
- objection
- opposition
- originality
- recalcitrance
- recusance
- recusancy
- rejection
- strangeness
- transgressiveness
- unconventionality
- uniqueness
- unorthodoxy
- unruliness
- veto
- violation
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- ax
- blue pencil
- bring to naught
- call all bets off
- compensate
- confine
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countervail
- disannul
- forget it
- invalidate
- kill
- limit
- negate
- neutralize
- offset
- quash
- render null and void
- renege
- repeal
- rescind
- restrict
- scratch
- scrub
- squash
- stamp out
- take out
- torpedo
- trash
- undo
- veto
- vitiate
- void
- wash out
- wipe out
- zap
- altered
- annulled
- bent to one's will
- controlled
- countermanded
- directed
- disallowed
- disregarded
- dominated
- governed
- ignored
- influenced
- invalidated
- made null and void
- made void
- not heeded
- nullified
- outvoted
- outweighed
- overturned
- prevailed over
- quashed
- recalled
- repealed
- rescinded
- revoked
- ridden roughshod
- ruled against
- set aside
- superseded
- swayed
- taken no account of
- thwarted
- trampled
- upset
- vanquished
- vetoed
- alter
- annul
- bend to one's will
- control
- countermand
- direct
- disallow
- disregard
- dominate
- govern
- ignore
- influence
- invalidate
- make null and void
- make void
- not heed
- nullify
- outvote
- outweigh
- overturn
- prevail over
- quash
- recall
- repeal
- rescind
- revoke
- ride roughshod
- rule against
- set aside
- supersede
- sway
- take no account of
- thwart
- trample
- upset
- vanquish
- veto
- alters
- annuls
- bends to one's will
- controls
- countermands
- directs
- disallows
- disregards
- dominates
- governs
- ignores
- influences
- invalidates
- makes null and void
- makes void
- not heeds
- nullifies
- outvotes
- outweighs
- overturns
- prevails over
- quashes
- recalls
- repeals
- rescinds
- revokes
- rides roughshod
- rules against
- sets aside
- supersedes
- sways
- takes no account of
- thwarts
- tramples
- upsets
- vanquishes
- vetoes
- altered
- annulled
- bent to one's will
- controlled
- countermanded
- directed
- disallowed
- disregarded
- dominated
- governed
- ignored
- influenced
- invalidated
- made null and void
- made void
- not heeded
- nullified
- outvoted
- outweighed
- overturned
- prevailed over
- quashed
- recalled
- repealed
- rescinded
- revoked
- rode roughshod
- ruled against
- set aside
- superseded
- swayed
- thwarted
- took no account of
- trampled
- upset
- vanquished
- vetoed
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