If the President vetoes a new law, Congress can still pass it by <u>overriding </u><u>the </u><u>President's veto. </u>
<h3>To Override the President's Veto </h3>
Two thirds of the House of Representatives need to vote to pass the law.
Two thirds of the Senate also needs to vote to pass the law.
We can therefore conclude that if Congress wanted to overrule the President, there would need to be a super majority of two-thirds of Congress voting for the law.
By threatening a veto, the President can persuade legislators to alter the content of the bill to be more acceptable to the President. Congress can override a veto by passing the act by a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate. (Usually an act is passed with a simple majority.)