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To: Destro
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I was fascinated by this line: "This president is about to become one of a very few in history to never have vetoed a single bill during a 4 year term in office. ", so I googled "presidential veto". It took me to http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0801767.html, where I discovered that Adams (both of them), Jefferson, W.H. Harrison (< 1 mo in office), Taylor, Fillmore, and Garfield (<6 mo in office) are the other presidents not to have exercised the veto. If he doesn't veto for the remainder of his tenure, however long it may be, he would be the first in 120 years to do so, 150 if you don't count Garfield since he got shot shortly after becoming president.
Of course, how many presidents have had their party control both houses of Congress, as GWB has for half of his first term?
27 posted on 02/20/2004 6:52:37 PM PST by m1911
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To: m1911
how many presidents have had their party control both houses of Congress, as GWB has for half of his first term?

In my lifetime there have been 3 -- Kennedy, Johnson and Carter.

45 posted on 02/21/2004 1:29:39 AM PST by altair
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To: m1911
A bunch of presidents. And they were all Democrats.
48 posted on 02/21/2004 8:07:11 AM PST by ValenB4
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