Please, I'm looking for insightful opinions, preferably with citations or logical justifications, since this is a non-threatening question. I'm curious to know what factors contribute to this and what effect this has had on our country?
Bush had issued just one veto against embryonic stem cell research. A look at the vetoes of other presidents over eight decades:
Bill Clinton (1993-2001), 37 vetoes, two overridden.
George H.W. Bush (1989-93), 44 vetoes, one overridden.
Ronald Reagan (1981-89), 78 vetoes, nine overridden.
Jimmy Carter (1977-81) 31 vetoes, two overridden.
Gerald Ford (1974-77) 66 vetoes, 12 overridden.
Richard Nixon (1969-74), 43 vetoes, seven overridden.
Lyndon Johnson (1963-69), 30 vetoes, none overridden.
John F. Kennedy (1961-63), 21 vetoes, none overridden.
Dwight Eisenhower (1953-61), 181 vetoes, two overridden.
Harry Truman (1945-53), 250 vetoes, 12 overridden.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-45), 635 vetoes, nine overridden.
- AP
2007-05-01
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