How to Use veto-proof in a Sentence

veto-proof

adjective
  • Two more yes votes would be required to make the ordinance veto-proof.
    — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The bill passed with 30 votes, four shy of the veto-proof majority.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The bill didn’t pass either chamber with a veto-proof majority.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The housing bill passed with veto-proof majority in both chambers.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • The bill passed both the Senate and House by a veto-proof majority.
    — Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 25 June 2026
  • The bill passed with a veto-proof 44-5 majority.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • The measure passed the state House and Senate with veto-proof majorities.
    — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The bill passed with a veto-proof margin, with 48 of the council’s 51 members supporting it.
    — Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 29 Dec. 2025
  • That level of support is what's colloquially called a veto-proof majority.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • That level of support is what’s colloquially called a veto-proof majority.
    — Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • The legislation passed both chambers earlier this month without veto-proof majorities.
    — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Democrats surely would join in a veto-proof reassertion of congressional prerogative.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Neither chamber is expected to pass a resolution by a veto-proof majority.
    — Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That will first require getting the Kansas Senate, which passed a new version of the flat tax earlier this year with a veto-proof majority, on board.
    — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The Senate voted 30–7 for the measure, a veto-proof majority, and so could override Beshear’s move as soon as next week.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Republicans have a veto-proof majority in the state Senate but are one short of a veto-proof majority in the state House.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Two Democrats voted for the bill in the Kansas House last week, giving lawmakers a path to a veto-proof majority in that chamber.
    — Andrew Bahl, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Assembling a veto-proof coalition to restore sanity to US tariff policy is a tall order.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The Legislature passed the measure March 20 with a veto-proof majority.
    — CBS News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Republicans hold a majority in both chambers and a veto-proof majority in the Iowa Senate.
    — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2024
  • On Wednesday, a veto-proof majority of 42 City Council members voted in favor of it.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
  • In North Dakota, similar bills to restrict transgender athletes have passed the House this session with veto-proof majorities.
    — Trisha Ahmed, ajc, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The bills passed North Dakota’s legislature with veto-proof majorities before heading to Burgum’s desk.
    — Heather Hamilton, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Their efforts have been buttressed after obtaining a veto-proof majority in the House in April—thanks to the defection of a Democrat.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 3 July 2023
  • This year, the legislation has already regained its veto-proof majority with 67 Senate co-sponsors.
    — Marsha Blackburn, Time, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Beshear approved more tax cuts last year, but there was speculation that the GOP’s veto-proof majority in the state legislature was a factor.
    — Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
  • But the House came up 13 votes short of the veto-proof majority, meaning lawmakers are unlikely to override Kelly’s veto.
    — Jenna Barackman, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Neither chamber achieved a veto-proof majority, making a potential veto override attempt challenging.
    — Matthew Kelly updated April 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Democrats now hold veto-proof supermajorities in both chambers with 78 members in the House, the most in modern history, and 40 in the Senate.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The group has been credited with helping elect enough Democrats to the state House to prevent Republicans from amassing a veto-proof supermajority.
    — Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

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