There is no veto proof majority.
Lo siento, amigo (yeah, we'd best get used to Spanish around here, Shamnesty coming soon to YOUR neighborhood!)
If you're looking for Bush to whip out that Veto pen, well, good luck. Especially when it's possible he may pass rat legislation in order to avoid impeachment. We have to remember he let "CFR" pass and effectively slaughtered free speech.
Don't get me wrong. I'm looking for hope where I can find it right now. When I read your commentary, I thought, "well, maybe...". So I looked up how likely it would be. Stats don't appear too supportive.
The following table shows the total number of vetoes made by each president. For a complete table that shows regular vetoes, pocket vetoes, and vetoes overridden, see this table from the House of Representatives.
| President |
|
| George Washington |
2
|
| John Adams |
0
|
| Thomas Jefferson |
0
|
| James Madison |
7
|
| James Monroe |
1
|
| John Quincy Adams |
0
|
| Andrew Jackson |
12
|
| Martin Van Buren |
1
|
| William Henry Harrison |
0
|
| John Tyler |
10
|
| James K. Polk |
3
|
| Zachary Taylor |
0
|
| Millard Fillmore |
0
|
| Franklin Pierce |
9
|
| James Buchanan |
7
|
| Abraham Lincoln |
7
|
| Andrew Johnson |
29
|
| Ulysses S. Grant |
93
|
| Rutherford B. Hayes |
13
|
| James A. Garfield |
0
|
| Chester A. Arthur |
12
|
| Grover Cleveland I |
414
|
| Benjamin Harrison |
44
|
| Grover Cleveland II |
170
|
| William McKinley |
42
|
| Theodore Roosevelt |
82
|
| William Howard Taft |
39
|
| Woodrow Wilson |
44
|
| Warren G. Harding |
6
|
| Calvin Coolidge |
50
|
| Herbert C. Hoover |
37
|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
635
|
| Harry S. Truman |
250
|
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
181
|
| John F. Kennedy |
21
|
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
30
|
| Richard M. Nixon |
43
|
| Gerald R. Ford |
66
|
| James E. Carter |
31
|
| Ronald Reagan |
78
|
| George H. W. Bush |
46
|
| William J. Clinton |
17
|
| George W. Bush |
0
|
The total number of presidential vetoes is 2,550. Regular vetoes number 1,484. Pocket vetoes number 1,066. Only 106 vetoes have been overridden.