veto-proof

adjective

ve·to-proof ˈvē-(ˌ)tō-ˌprüf

: having enough potential votes to be enacted over a veto or to override vetoes consistently

a veto-proof bill

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Boyle introduced a bill with dozens of his House Democratic colleagues last year to allow the Treasury Department to keep paying down the federal debt unless a veto-proof majority of Congress votes to stop them. —

Andrew Solender, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024 Time is of the essence because Democrats were able to pick up a seat in the state House, breaking a veto-proof supermajority that the GOP has enjoyed for the new term in January. —

Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024 Following San Francisco’s ban, the Philadelphia City Council passed a ban on algorithmic rental price-fixing with a veto-proof vote last month. —

Calmatters, Orange County Register, 4 Dec. 2024 Though Harris lost North Carolina, Democrats in 2024 won races for governor and attorney general, and the GOP appears likely to lose its veto-proof majority in the state legislature. —

John Blake, CNN, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for veto-proof